. Childs' fall catalogue for 1907. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Nurseries (Horticulture); Bulbs (Plants); Flowers. Select Groctis. The Crocus is the recognized harbinger of spring. Be- tween the lulls of late winter's tempest its brave little flow- ers first appear, minding not the least frosts or flurries of snow. For six weeks its bright flowers smile saucily at us, quite sure of their welcome. Their cost is so trifling that all can afford to plant them freely. The Crocus has been much improved late years
. Childs' fall catalogue for 1907. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Nurseries (Horticulture); Bulbs (Plants); Flowers. Select Groctis. The Crocus is the recognized harbinger of spring. Be- tween the lulls of late winter's tempest its brave little flow- ers first appear, minding not the least frosts or flurries of snow. For six weeks its bright flowers smile saucily at us, quite sure of their welcome. Their cost is so trifling that all can afford to plant them freely. The Crocus has been much improved late years in size of bloom and variety of colorings. Crocus are extra fine for borders, etc., and are particularly charming dotted by twos and threes over the lawn. They come in earliest spring, and peep through the grass, as the wild flowers do iu the meadows. Fine Mixed Crocus—Of all colors. Pine, select bulbs, 10c. per dozen ; 60c, per 100; $ 1, COPYRIGHTED IBS'? QUEEN WILHELMINA CKOCUS. Queer) Wiltjelnwa Groctis. An improved Crocus, producing a bulb of enormous size and correspondingly large flowers and more of them. We have it m four colors: white, blue, striped and yellow, and they will be a revelation of beauty to all who plant them. .Best of all Crocus for winter blooming in pots, but for the open ground, flowering in early spring, they are simply grand, the flowers being as large as good Tulips. Great White-Pure snow-white. Great Blue—Rich purplish-blue. Great Striped—White and blue. Forty Flowered-Each bulb produces from twenty to fifty beautiful blossoms of a deep, rich glowing yellow and it blooms much earlier than other sorts. PRICF - Sc. each; the i for is.; 35c. per dozen. Mixed Colors—Above i sorts, 30e. per 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 John Lewi
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