Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . t, only a few inchesin height, producing a profusion of large clusters of tubularflowers which are of a flesh or pink color, exceedingly deli-cate in shading and wax-like in appearance. The refinedand delicate beauty of this flower is so great that it will bethe center of attraction in a whole house of rare exotics. Aplant which will please e\erjone beyond measure. We cannot recommend any plant in our list higher than each. Doryai^tl^es Excelsa. We have secured from Australia a limited numberof thisgigantic member of the Aniarj-lli
Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1895 . t, only a few inchesin height, producing a profusion of large clusters of tubularflowers which are of a flesh or pink color, exceedingly deli-cate in shading and wax-like in appearance. The refinedand delicate beauty of this flower is so great that it will bethe center of attraction in a whole house of rare exotics. Aplant which will please e\erjone beyond measure. We cannot recommend any plant in our list higher than each. Doryai^tl^es Excelsa. We have secured from Australia a limited numberof thisgigantic member of the Aniarj-llis family. It sends up aflower stem from eight feet to sixteen feet high, on the top ofwhich is borne a greatcluster of large scarlet lily-like has the general habit of an Amarj Uis in foliage andgrowth, but is, of course, gigantic in proportions. Few arefound in cultivation, and those who have room for it canprocure nothing more rare and novel. In the Southern andFacifle States it is hardy, and can be grown in the openground. Yar^illa piai^t. A new pot plant, which is sure to take like wild-flre. Itbelongs to the Liatris family, and is a half-hardy its name implies, its blooms possess a strong, delicious andrefreshing vanilla fragrance. Foliage is also fragrant. It is asplendid flowering plant, sending up flower stems to theheight of two feet at the top of which is borne a great branching panicle of rosy-purple bloom that keeps perfect a longtime. At our greenhouses it has attracted great plant is sufficient to keep a large room constantlyperfumed. 20c. each ; 4 for 50c. 126 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. USEFUL ARTICLES, BY MAIL, POSTPAID. We can supply, at any time, the following valuable articles. Many of them are really the Excelsior Fertilizer, wbicb is the greatest thing in the world for pot our new Floral Park Lawn Mower, and the Bug Scorcher Insecticide.
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