Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_20 (find matches)
Year: 1917 (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 Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
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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Spring Catalogue of Seeds, Bulbs and Plants for 1917 49
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Like tlie Pansy, the Aster and the Petunia, the Ver- bena is a favorite with everybody, and one or tlie most universally popular of all flowers, both for the garden and for pot culture. For constant and profuse flowering:, and for brilliancy and beauty of colors it has no equal. Start seed early under glass, if possible, that good, strong plants may be had for transplanting in the gar- den. They will commence blooming in June and continue until after severe frosts, in August cuttings may be taken from some of the best ones and potted up for winter blooming. Perpkt. Extra Choice Mixed — From named collection 10 Childs' Prize, (Mixed Colors — Hundreds of delicate shades. Enormous-sized flowers; prodigious bloom- ers. The plants are vigorous and short-jointed with perfect sheets of blooms. The trusses are very large, the flowers of mammoth size, perfect form and embracing the richest and most velvety colors 20 Childs' Prize, Pure White—Comes true from seed. Great trusses of snowy blossoms of exquisite fragrance 15 Childs' Prize, Scarlet — A very intense scarlet 15 Odorata—It is so hardy seed can be sown in the open ground early in the spring, where they will quickly germinate, grow rapidly, and in a few weeks be in bloom, and give a great profusion of beautiful blos- soms all summer. The blossoms, instead of being in clusters like other sorts, run up into spikes, usually three or four inches long. Very- sweet scented and pure white 5 IViOSS — This produces a mass of fine moss-like foliage, and as the branches spread out over the ground in all directions, a lovely carpet or mossy green is formed, above which are borne the delicate clus- ters of purple-blue or pure white blossoms in the widest profusion, having the same delicate fragrance as the Sweet Alyssum. Mixed 5 Mayflower — Varies from light to deep pink, like the Arbutus, with the same unexcelled fragrance. Per- fect form and great beauty. A lovely pot or gar- den flower for all times of the year. It is named Mayflower because the shape of its blossom, color, and fragrance are almost identical with the world-famed and cherished Trailing Arbutus. The flowers are rich and powerful in fragrance ..10 Violets A fine collection of many varieties and colors—blue, lavender white. Many of the finest scented varieties are included. Spring - sown seed make fine plants for fall blooming. Cornuta, Mixed Colors — These bloom almost as quickly from seed as Pansies. Are hardy and free flowering 10 ; Odorata — The lovely sweet garden Violets, so fine for winter blooming. Mixed colors 10 Odorata, Queen Charlotte -— ' Large dark blue 10 Odorata, The Czar — Extra fine; large pure white. . .10 Papilo—A cross between the Pansy and Violet. Flowers large, and borne in endless profusion. Lovely violet-lilac 10

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