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Title: 17th annual catalogue of the Germain Seed and Plant Co
Identifier: 17thannualcatalo1902germ (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Greenhouse plants Catalogs; Poultry Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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56 GERMAIN SEED AND PLANT CO. Per pkt. Aster. Lady. Comet-Flowered. White with rose; ht. 1 ft 15c Lady. Comet-Flowered. White with light blue; ht. 1 ft 15c
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Candytuft. Little Prince. Truffaut's Paeony-flowered perfection. M'xd ; ht. 1L2 ft 10c Truffaut's Paeony-flowered perfection. White ; ht. 1^2 ft 10e Victoria. Mixed; ht. 1^2 ft 10c Victoria. White; ht. l^ ft 10c Washington. Mixed; ht. lVft 10c Well known useful plants; invaluable for display in the garden and also for cut flowers. The American Branching and Comet varieties are the favorites among florists. The Lady Aster is a new and dis- tinct class with very narrow leaves and re- * markable free-flowering qualities, and is one of the finest for cutting purposes b. Balsam, hh. Double Rose-flowered. Mixed; ht, 2 ft 10c Camellia-flowered. Mixed; ht. 2 ft 10c Dwarf. Mixed; ht. 1 ft 5c Carnation-striped. Mixed; ht, 2 ft 10c Solferino. White, lilac and scarlet ; ht. 2 ft. 10c Balsams, or "Touch-me-nots," are among the finest of our annuals, either for garden or pot culture; we offer none but finest starins. Bartonia* Aurea. Yellow; ht. 1 ft 5c Brachycome Iberidifolia. Mixed; ht. ^ ft.... 5c " Swan River Daisies." Free blooming plants, with Cineraria-like flowers. Native of Western Australia. Per pkt. Browallia Elata. hh. Mixed; ht. lh> ft 10c Cacalia Coccinea. Scarlet; ht. ^ ft 5c "Flora's Paint Brush." b. Calandrinia Umbellata. Vivid crim- son; ht. 1-4 ft 5c Portulaca-like plants, fond of sun- shine, well suited for rock work. Calceolaria Hybrida Superba. t. Beautifully blotched, mottled and striped; ht. l1^ ft 50c The seed we offer has been hybri- dized by the best cultivators, and is the most superb strain procur- able. Sow in August. Calendula Officinalis. "Meteor." Yel- low, striped and bordered or- ange ; ht. l1^ ft 5c "Prince of Orange," ht. % ft 5c "Pot Marigolds." Of easy culture. Calliopsis Bicolor. Yellow and brown; ht. 2 ft 5c Coronata. Yellow, large flowered, ht. 2 ft 5c Fine Mixed. All colors; ht, 2 ft. 5c "Also called Coreopsis, b. (Seeper- ennials.) Candytuft. Carter's Carmine: ht. 1 ft 10c Little Prince. (See cut.) White; ht. !2 ft 10c Purple; ht. 1 ft 5c Rocket, White; ht. 1 ft 5c White; ht. % ft 5C White, fragrant; ht. 1 ft 5c Fine mixed, all colors; ht. 1 ft 5c Good for bedding in masses, b. Catchfly. Fine mixed; ht. 1 ft 5c Celosia Cristata. hh. Empress, dwarf. Crim- son, splendid; ht. 34 ft 15c

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