Title: Capitol city seeds for 1945
Identifier: capitolcityseeds19fwbo_2 (find matches)
Year: 1945 (1940s)
Authors: F. W. Bolgiano & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : F. W. Bolgiano
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Bit o'Heaven. M A very tall, rich cop- pery orange GI.nl. Vigorous grower with eight to ten buds open at once. 1 ong flower-spike. Doz. $1.10; 100, $7.50. Canberra. L) Intense yellow. A con- sistent prize-winner. Doz. $1.15; 1(K), 10. Charles Dickens. IM Violet-purple, deeper blotch. Tall spikes with many blooms open at once. Doz. SI. 15; loo, $8.00. Commander Koehl. M Very large; clear blood-red. Tall, straight spikes. Doz. $130; 100, $9.75. Debonair. I M I a-France-pink, cream throat; long flower-head. Doz. $1.10; 100, $730. Diane. I A very consistent orange- salmon-colored variety with cream throat. A dependable performer in every respect. Tall, straight spike, free from disease. Doz. $1.25; 100, $830. Excellence. E) Scarlet; large; excellent cut-flower and garden variety. Doz. $1.10; 100, $730. Maid of Orleans. <\\) Creamy white. Doz. $1.15; 100, $8.00. Minuet. M Beautiful clear light lavender. Easily the best lavender. Doz. $1.15; 100, $8.00. Mother Machree. I Vinaceous lav- ender overlaid with salmon-pink toward edges of the petals. Might be called a "smoky." Doz. $1.15; 100, $8.00. Peggy Lou. \1 Smooth, shrimp-pink. Doz. $1.25; 100, $830. Pelegrina. M) A velvety deep blue- violet. A prize-winner. Doz. SI.25; 100, $8.50. Phyllis McQuiston. M large deep glowing shrimp-pink shading little lighter in the throat; five or more large blooms open on a long spike. I ill, vigorous plant. Doz. $1.15; 100, $8.00. Picardy. (LM) Soft apricot-pink with silvery sheen. A strong grower. Doz. $1.25; 100, $8.25. Rosa van Lima. (E) Pure self-colored light pink with many flowers open at one time on fine strong, straight stems. Doz. SI.25; 100, $830. Snow Princess. (LM) Generally con- sidered the finest early, pure white Gladiolus. Large florets on tall, straight spike. Doz. $1.25; 100, $8.50. Vagabond Prince. (M) Iridescent brown, lighter in upper throat with small blotch of glowing scarlet on lip petals—a most unusual color combination. Doz. SI.25; 100, $8.50. Van Tienhoven. (L) Fine brilliant red. Doz. $1.15; 100, $8.00. Yellow Wonder. (EM) Clear yellow. TalL wiry spikes with many blooms open at once. Very free blooming. Doz. SL15; 100, $8.00. Capitol City Mixed Gladiolus In our Capitol City Mixture, which contains most all of the named sorts, we have also included a large number of other varieties of Gladiolus and have produced a mixture which cannot fail to satisfy. The color-range is very wide and is composed of large-flowered varieties. Doz. 85c; 100, $5.50.
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Bolgiano's Cannas Carinas bloom from early summer until frost. For best results, spade the beds 2 feet deep and incorporate in the soil a liberal amount of well-decayed manure of an\ kind. Water well at all times. Set the plants ) S inches apart. Ambassador. Rich cherry-red flowers of immense size. Foliage and stalks bronze. 4 ft. Apricot. Bull-Yellow base overspread with salmon-pink, making a mass effect ol rich apricot. Green foliage. 4 ft. City of Portland. Contrasting with the rich, deep green foliage are flowers of a bright pink color. 5 ft. Eureka. A beautiful creamy white Canna with large, bold flowers. The foliage is rich dark green. 4 ft. Hungaria. Large flower-trusses of heavy substance, carried on strong stems. The magnificent blooms are a shade of rose- pink. 4 ft. King Humbert. Large, heart-shaped, purplish bronze leaves forming a sharp contrast to the immense blooms which are velvety orange-scarlet, rose-tinted and margined at the base. 4 ft. Mrs. Alfred F. Conard. Gigantic flowers borne in immense clusters; color, de- lightful salmon-pink. Foliage light green. 4 ft. Richard Wallace. Large, showy, pure canary-yellow flowers carried on good stems. Green foliage. 4 ft. The President. Rich, glowing scarlet; superior in quantity and quality of bloom to any other red variety. Green foliage. 4 ft. Wintzer's Colossal. Flowers frequently 8 inches in diameter, bright scarlet; very effective. Free-flowering bedding va- riety. 5 ft. Yellow King Humbert. A sport of the well-known bronze-leaved variety, but with green foliage. Masses of golden yellow flowers, dotted red; occasionally some will be streaked red. 4 ft. Postpaid, each 15c; 6, 85c; doz. $1.50. Not postpaid, each 12c; 6, 65c; doz. $1.25; 100, $8.25. Gladiolus ALL PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 51

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