. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. gULTIVATOK'S mm. i 676 err 078 67» 680 681 682 683 Chinese Primrose, Erecta Alba. Strone-growinR variety, tlirowing the**'^"^ (lowers well out from the line foliage. Flowers bcnutifully fringed. Wlilto. .60 Fimbriata Marginata Lilacina. Flowers, fine "iinbricatod white and lilac shaded; the leaflets lire narrow, bordered with white . Krecta Flore Pleiio Alba. A beautiful variety of the double


. Curtis, Cobb & Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden for 1878. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs. gULTIVATOK'S mm. i 676 err 078 67» 680 681 682 683 Chinese Primrose, Erecta Alba. Strone-growinR variety, tlirowing the**'^"^ (lowers well out from the line foliage. Flowers bcnutifully fringed. Wlilto. .60 Fimbriata Marginata Lilacina. Flowers, fine "iinbricatod white and lilac shaded; the leaflets lire narrow, bordered with white . Krecta Flore Pleiio Alba. A beautiful variety of the double- white Chinese I'rimrose, verv choice . . " . . — Flore Pleno. Double Varieties. We have the pleasure of ofleruig to amateurs the choicest varieties of Cliinesc Primrose, unequalled by any yet produced, comprising a proportion of double flowers. These seeds were received directly from the celebrated I-ondon growers, who received one special and three certificates from the Koval Hor- ticultural Society. " This strain of Primula is a remarkable one. The flowers are large, full, and frilled; and in color, vary from white, through shades of pale flesh-color, to blush of deepest hue " Fimbriata Punctata. Splendid variety; with large bouquets of flowers, finely fringed; brilliant crimson, spotted with white . . .60 Erecta Superba. Krect-growing variety, bright rose-colored . .60 Macrophyila. Remarkable variety, with long, massive foliage, and beautiful flowers, of great substiujce, beautiful form, aud finely fringed. .50 Good, Mixed 26 Extra, Mixed. All the best varieties mixed 60 t k. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Curtis, Cobb & Washburn Seed and Horticultural Warehouse; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Boston, Mass.


Size: 1595px × 1566px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurserya, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870