. 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. >-0PYWCHTE0 ^t Salvias. For brilliancy the follow- ing choice varieties of Salvia Splendens vie with Cannas. They bloom perpetually, and are desirable alike for bed- ding in the open ground or for growing in pots. Splendens Compactl — An improvement on the old variety, it being of dwarf, compa
. 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. >-0PYWCHTE0 ^t Salvias. For brilliancy the follow- ing choice varieties of Salvia Splendens vie with Cannas. They bloom perpetually, and are desirable alike for bed- ding in the open ground or for growing in pots. Splendens Compactl — An improvement on the old variety, it being of dwarf, compact growth with plen- ty of beautiful foliage and long showy spikes of the most brilliant scarlet flow- ers borne continually. Alba—Like the above, except in color, which is white. Striata—The bloom of this variety is freely striped and mottled white and scarlet. Purpurea—Flowers in large spikes and of a rich royal purple color. Fine. Pltcheri—Fine graceful spikes of blue flowers. Ixotiis pelyorei^sis. This charming plant is so well thought of abroad that a Srominent horticultural journal color-plated it. The Gar- en says of it: " Its cylinder branching habit is most strik- ing, and the silvery foliage even more so. Without its flow- ers it might almost be described as a Silvery ; But the bright coral red flowers, measuring two inches in length are really beantif ul, greatly reminding one of the rare and beautiful Clianthus, so difficult to grow, while this gem is of the easiest possible management. Its drooping habit also makes it useful for hanging baskets. It is also quite Xxyefyrus piei^issin^a. A new perpetual blooming plant, suitable either for ths garden or for pots. It is particularly fine for winter bloom- ing. Flowers lovely pink in great profusion. Ixax^tajQa, Fire ply. A new Lantana of unusual beauty, being of dwarf, com- pact growth, and a profuse and perpetual bloomer. Its flow- ers, which appear at all t imes of the year in gr
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