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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_3 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 120
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^IMPSO Ne\tf Chrysanthemums. From the large list of new'Mums we select the following as being the most remarkable, distinct and beautiful. They are really marvels in their way. Among them we have a green flowered variety (Emerald) and a beautiful large striped variety, (Uncle Sam). Good Gracious is really a monster, the largest variety grown. As a companion to the exquisite Philadelphia we have the lovely pink Wm. Simp- son, and in P. Manda we have a most fascinating combina- tion of canary yellow and pure white. Philadelphia — The sensation among Chrysanthemums. Took 15 first prizes last year, never failing to win in any exhibition in America or Europe. Flower of enormous size, as round as a ball, pure white with a delicate shad- owy tinge of lemon, giving the flower a peculiar translu- cent effect. It is the grandest variety in cultivation, its peculiar beauty being utterly indescribable. Wm. Simpson—The best pink and largest flower of its color. Exhibited for the first time last year and created a sensation. As fine as Philadelphia. Flowers have been grown that measure 11 inches across. Early and a fine robust grower. Color, a most exquisite shade of pink, of indescribable loveliness. Emerald Cem—Flowers superb, fully six inches across, with gracefully incurved petals and of perfect form. Color, light emerald green with white at base of petals. Norma Dee Chi Ids—A beautiful Chinese; enormous flower, seven inches across, perfectly double to the center; petals wide, and color snow-white. Unquestionably the best pure white Chrysanthemum known. P. Manda—A superb large flower opening flat and double to the very center. Petals beautifully curved. The cen- ter petals are fine canary yellow while those outside are pure white, combining these t wo delicate and exquisite colors in one flower. In this respect it is unlike any other variety and a gem of the first water. No collection complete without it. Uncle Sam—A fine large flower with long wavy petals of a rosy lilac color, striped and bordered with white. It is the finest and most distinctly striped variety in cultiva- tion, and a decided acquisition. Cood Gracious—Probably the very largest flower of any Chrysanthemum. As large as a man's hat and double to the very center. Petals quilled and irregular. Color, a delicate shade of peach pink; perfectly grand. Price of above new sorts, 20c. each; 3 for 50c; the 7 for $1.00. New Giant Early Flowering Chrysanthemums The following new sorts bloom very early, several weeks in advance of other kinds, and are therefore very desirable, especially for garden culture. The flowers are also esceed- ld ~ ANEMONE-FLOWERED. A beautiful class of Chrysanthemums with large, flat blossoms, the center being composed of tubular quilled petals, surrounded by a double row of large flat ones, lne quilled and flat petals are always of a different color, and very showy. Price, 15c. each; the 6 for 60c. Antonlus—Bright canary yellow, of the Pompon type. Ex- ceedingly free and handsome. Judge Hoitt—Pale pearly pink; a soft, lovely color. Koko—Broad, flat; outer petals of a rosy-lilac. Short, tubu- lar center petals of a creamy white. Whirlwind—An enormous pure white Anemone-flowered, of great beauty. „ , , • ... . Yellow Hammer-Bright chrome yellow, large and beautiful Emily Roebottom—Like Antonius,but pure white.

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