. Childs' spring 1922 : seeds that satisfy plants that please bulbs that bloom berries that bear . PALMS, From Seed 540 Filifera or Weeping—One of the best windowPalms, needing no petting to succeed. Stands dust anadry air, and lack of sunshine, and is very ornamentalwith its fan-shaped leaves of a rich dark leathery green,picturesquely fringed with long thread-like filamentsalong the segments of the leaves. The plant is a com-pact grower, well adapted to pot culture 10 541 Mixed Palms—Plant several seeds in a small pot,covering to the depth of one-half inch with light the pot in a m
. Childs' spring 1922 : seeds that satisfy plants that please bulbs that bloom berries that bear . PALMS, From Seed 540 Filifera or Weeping—One of the best windowPalms, needing no petting to succeed. Stands dust anadry air, and lack of sunshine, and is very ornamentalwith its fan-shaped leaves of a rich dark leathery green,picturesquely fringed with long thread-like filamentsalong the segments of the leaves. The plant is a com-pact grower, well adapted to pot culture 10 541 Mixed Palms—Plant several seeds in a small pot,covering to the depth of one-half inch with light the pot in a moderately warm place indoors andwater frequently. Seeds of some varieties germinatein a few weeks and are soon ready for popular sorts, mixed . .... 15 40 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, INC., FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. Petunia1 _ PETUNIA Few high-priced and rare plants can compare withthe Petunia for beauty, and not half a dozen otherflowers on our list are as showy in beds or smallest yard or the finest park is not completewithout these butterflies among flowers that mindneither heat, drouth nor rain, but bloom in profusionuntil winter is almost upon us. The seed is beststarted in the house and the young plants transplantedto open ground one foot apart, but if the soil is madevery fine, seed can be sown in the open ground andcovered lightly. 404 Striped and Blotched—Fine mixed, very compact,free-flowering habit, and extremely showy 10 405 Compacta, Bouquet—Brilliant, carmine-pink. .10 406 Compacta, Rosy Morn—Soft lovely rose 10 407 Compacta, Snowball-—Pure white 10 408 Compacta, Howards Star—Crimson with a largewhite star center 10 409 Compacta, Norma—Blue, white center 10 410 Compacta, or Dwarf Bouquet, Mixed—Plants veryhardy, robust and compact, producing their bright blo
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