. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruit for 1906. 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. 1^ COPYRIGHTED g»y.^ J> \ T^E^^fel.'J-^AV- / t^w^,^^...^ Porta laca. Th9 Portulaca will stand more abuse than almost aOv other flower. It does not like deep shade, or wet, damp soil, but an any other situation they only ask the sowing; they will take care of themselves afterwards. The d
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruit for 1906. 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. 1^ COPYRIGHTED g»y.^ J> \ T^E^^fel.'J-^AV- / t^w^,^^...^ Porta laca. Th9 Portulaca will stand more abuse than almost aOv other flower. It does not like deep shade, or wet, damp soil, but an any other situation they only ask the sowing; they will take care of themselves afterwards. The dryer the weather and hotter the sun,'the more they flourish, carpeting the ground with their mat of â succulent foliage, that during the fore part of the day is almost hidden' by clouds of gay blossoms in eyery color of the rainbow. Fine for bordering walks, rock work and Beautiful in ribbon beds, and they can be transplanted even in full bloom. Per pkt. Grandiflora, Mixed ColorsâWhite, crimson, rose, scarlet, yellow, striped, Very brilliant 5 Double Rose Flowered, Mixed ColorsâLarge blossoms, as double as Hoses and the greatest variety of ,10 Double YellowâFine brilli ant color.,'« 10 ) ^Thc 3 s(>vts Double ScarletâClear and brightâ, 10 > , - Double WhiteâPure and i. NeW Star Petlirjia. An entirely new, distinct, and in all respects a most su- perb Petunia was recently offered for the first time. Color dark, rich, velvety crimson, shaded maroon, with a most pronounced velvety texture. From the center of the flower the points of a five-rayed star appears, broadening half way up, then narrowing to a pwint near the margin of the flower. The star is mostly pure snowy white, but frequently light blush to pink. The effect is simply grand, and a bed of this Petunia or even a single plant is an object that catches every eye. Plants flower with prodigious freedom, a single plant often showing a hundred or more fully expand
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