Identifier: springcatalogueo1873hanf (find matches)
Title: Spring catalogue of new and beautiful plants
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Hanford, R. G Columbus Nursery Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Nursery stock Plants, Ornamental Flowers Seeds
Publisher: Columbus, Oh. : Columbus Nursery
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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chestnut, brown and crimson, splashed and spotted.Price 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. Pelargoniums. A very fine assortment. We do not describe them, as the variety of Pelargoniumis now so varied and extensive. Price 40 cents each ; $4 per dozen. Varijgated Geranium—Mrs. Pollock. A magnificent variety; the green leaf discs, overlaid by a beautiful bronze redzone, belted with bright red crimson, and outwardly margined with golden yellow.Price 25 cents each. 30 Catalogue of the Alonsa—Gbandiflora. A pretty plant of compact habit, growing from twelve to eighteen inches high,with shell shaped flowers; bright crimson, with nearly black center, and a freebloomer. Price 25 cents each. Pilea—Muscosa. A pretty little plant, resembling the tree moss in appearance; grows about eightinches high, with very small green leaves, and minute pink blossoms, which areproduced all over the plant; its graceful drooping habit makes it a desirable plantfor vases and hanging baskets. Price 25 cents each.
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Begoria Hytoida Multiflora. A very fine free flowering Begonia, blooming continually during the winter months.It is of remarkable neat and compact growth, with small, ovate, glossy leaves, pro-ducinggraceful drooping racemes of rosy pink blossoms. Price 25 cents each. Columbus Nur s ery. 31 German or Parlor Ivy—Mikania Scandens. A strong growing climber, with green foliage; suitable for large baskets and vases.Price 25 cents each. Abutilon—Striatum.A pretty plant with bell-shaped flowers, yellow veined with orange. A freebloomer, growing three to five feet high. Price 25 cents. Gnaphalium Argenteum. This silver-foliage plant has no equal for edging of beds, walks, or flower borders,and is also a great acquisition to our list of plants for vases and baskets, as by itsfree growth, it may, with little pinching of the tips, be grown into any desirableshape. Price 25 cents each; S2 per dozen. Select English Pansies. From the finest named sorts; large size, fine formed, and finely marke

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