Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . ollowingsorts are the best. 20c. each ; the two for Longstreet. Fine crimson, fringed and variegatedwith white; large and double and splendidly Large double fimbriated flower of purest snowy whiteness. Kxtra Giant. A gigantic single Petunia of great nieritasa perpetual bloomer for pots. Flowns wliiir. andsplashed witli crimson and are of uii^anl i<- ^i/c \\ ]< notun<-oinmon lor a plant to show 100 liin! blossoms at onetime. No more satisfactory pot plant for winter bloom-ing than
Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . ollowingsorts are the best. 20c. each ; the two for Longstreet. Fine crimson, fringed and variegatedwith white; large and double and splendidly Large double fimbriated flower of purest snowy whiteness. Kxtra Giant. A gigantic single Petunia of great nieritasa perpetual bloomer for pots. Flowns wliiir. andsplashed witli crimson and are of uii^anl i<- ^i/c \\ ]< notun<-oinmon lor a plant to show 100 liin! blossoms at onetime. No more satisfactory pot plant for winter bloom-ing than this. 30e. eacli; 2 for .50c. M^xicai) peperoii^ia. A beautiful basket plant, with small, oval, fleshyleaves of a dark green, freely veined and markedwith silver. Both pretty and odd, and it is very easyto grow, and trails in a pretty graceful manner, itwill soon be very popular* as a bracket pot plant, orto train over the sides of a basket, or for specimensin pots. 20c. each ; 3 for 50c. 1 1 8 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO. N. A popularand oasily-kopt tub plant that will beautifythelawn or veranda all summer, and winter s^afely in the growers, with u luxuriant growth erf large, wide leaves,and bearing at a yi ar old an abundance of sweet, pulpyfruit, unsurpassed lor eating fresh. They are also very finefor preserving or pickling, or to dry. South of the MiddleStates can be grown in the open ground. Here on LongIsland they are hardy out-doors if protected during is more luscious than Fl^s fresh from the tree,specially when eaten with cream, like Strawberries. Theymake ii()V( I plants as well as interesting ones. 30c. each; 4for $ PEAR
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