. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits. 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. A JUG A RERTENS, A plant of low creeping habit with a profusion of dark handsome leaves, and numerous spikes of pretty blue flow- ers which appear early in spring. It is splendid for cemeter- ies, rockeries or any kind of carpet .work. The handsome leaves being evergreen, thrive in sun or shade, d
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits. 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. A JUG A RERTENS, A plant of low creeping habit with a profusion of dark handsome leaves, and numerous spikes of pretty blue flow- ers which appear early in spring. It is splendid for cemeter- ies, rockeries or any kind of carpet .work. The handsome leaves being evergreen, thrive in sun or shade, and most any situation where few if any plants would suryive. 15c. each: 5 for 50c: 12 for $ Early Rose-Flowered Pampas Grass. Splendid plant, for it blooms two months earlier than any other Pampas Grass, Doduces twice as many plumes and blooms when half the age. The plant is a grand object, the immense rosy plumes standing higher than a man's head, and the whole plant one of luxuriant beauty. Owing to its extreme earliness, hardiness and great effectiveness as a iawn plant, and also the beauty and usefulness of the dried plumes for winter decoration,it is a great acquisition. Hardy only in mild climates. Seeds—15c. per pkt. Not difficult to raise from seed. Plants—Strong plants. 30c each : 2 for 50c New Crimson Fountain Grass. (Pennisetum Cupreum ) As a show plant for beds or borders it is most superb, the cut above being photographed from our lawn last summer. This magnificent Grass suc- ceeds equally well as a pot plant for window or veranda or in the garden. The abundance of gracefully-curvea foliage is (except when the plants are very young and small) a deep rich crimson color at ail times. During summer and fall the plants throw u p numerous stems bearing long graceful plumes o f rich crimson color and superb silky texture Plumes s i x t o twelve inches long and very ornamental. May be cut and cured for dry bouquets. Plants from seed produce blooms in ab
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