Title: Childs' rare flowers, fruits and vegetables
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_17 (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y
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Dahlias froxxj S< Flowering in 3 or 4 Months. Good Dahlias can be grown from seed, and plants will bloom the first season from seed. Anyone who can raise a Zinnia or Morning Glory can grow Dahlias from seed. They are r^mari;ably easy to germinate- Seed sown in the house in March or April will produce flowering plants as soon as plants grown from tubers. Some of the finest, largest Dahlias, and the richest colors we have ever seen, -were among seedlings. Out of a large paper of seed, no two plants will he alike in flower, while there will be every color represented from snow-white to blackish maroon. Per pkt. Double I,arge-Flowered, Mixed — Will produce some magnificent varieties 15 Double Pompon, Mixed—Extra choice strain 10 Single, Mixed Colors—Flowers very large and of rain- how colors. Exceedingly popular as cut-flowers 5 Double Cactus—Large double fantastic blossoms, which in shape and brilliancy of colors rival the finest Cactus. All colors and shapes are represented 10 Colleret—Onter row of large rich petals, innerrow of smal- 1-r pure white petals. Very striking. Mixed colors...10 Terra Cotta -large single blooms like immense Clematis. Beautiful terra cotta color 10 Clematis Flowered—Great blossoms often 8 to 10 inches across, with elegant wide flexible petals more beauti- ful than tl finest Clematis. Ferns,

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