Title: Catalogue of the Cox Seed & Plant Co
Identifier: catalogueofcoxse1893coxs (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Cox Seed and Plant Company; Cox Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Cox Seed and Plant Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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iv COX SEED AND PLANT CO., SAN FRANCISCO. GLADIOLUS. JKurbank's Sew California Strain. The New California Strain have extremely bold flowers—often five inches across a single bloom—of great substance, clustered on stiff, compact, low growing spikes, and will endure the fiercest sun and wind for days without injury. In producing this new strain, a million or more of seedlings have been raised, and a careful selection carried on for twelve vears.
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Gladioli ( r California. The flowers of Ihis remarkable freak are closely packed all around the spite like a Hyacinth, and arc often DOUBLE, having from lo to 16 petals each; light cherry-rose, striped lilac- crimson. A single bulb produces from 3 to 6 enormous spikes, very beautiful and strikingly distinct, strong blooming bulbs, each, .ft.01); per dozen, 110.00. Mania Kowa. One of tlie best of t lie new dwarfs, particularly attractive flower; dark flesh pink with a salmon sheen streaked with purplish-crimson and sometimes with black; edges of pelvis charmingly tipped white. Multiplies vapidly, strong blooming bulbs, earl,, ,f;.00; per dozen, $10 00- The Complete Set of 0 Varieties, one bulb each, for $:!.00. alifornia. IHaripOSa. Very attractive large open flower of great sub- stance, puicst snow white striped and flaked with cherry -crim- son and sometimes varying from almost pure white to cherry-red. Strong blooming bulbs, each, 60c; per dozen, $5.00. Shasta. Unequalled for abundance of Bowers which are white flaked and shaded carminc-rosr: flowers closely set on the spike: multiplies with astonishing rapidity. Bulbs, each, 25C.; per dozen, $2.00. Volo. Pure rich deep crimson. Bulbs, -: OC. each; $ft.00 doz. Cisco. Clear rose-pink, with salmon tint. Bulbs, each, 25c.; per dozen, $2.00. Seed of the New Catiforilla Strains, mixed, 16c. per pkt.

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