. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables and fruits, 1900 : 25th anniversary. 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. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. 'GIANT (pMET /\STEI^. ^sters. The acknowledged queen of autumn annuals. Indis- pensable for the tlnwer garden, fine as a show plant for fairs ana exhibitions, and charming pot plants. Very profuse blqoruers with exceedingly beautiful fl
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables and fruits, 1900 : 25th anniversary. 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. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. 'GIANT (pMET /\STEI^. ^sters. The acknowledged queen of autumn annuals. Indis- pensable for the tlnwer garden, fine as a show plant for fairs ana exhibitions, and charming pot plants. Very profuse blqoruers with exceedingly beautiful flowers of "most ex- quisite colors and almost perfect form. There are several torms of Asters, some being imbricated like the Rose, some loose and globular like a Paeon y. while others are partly incurved like the Chrysanthemum. In regard to height they are classified as tall, half-dwarf and dwarfs. The tall varieties are fine for the centerof large beds and for cutting as their flowers are borne on long stems: the dwarfs are particularly fine for borders or masses of one color, as they are so compact and bloom so profuselv as to seem like so many bouquets set in the ground: the semi-dwarf are good tor all purposes, and extra fine for pot culture. It is a. good plan to make two or more successive sowings, two weeks apart, to prolong the season of bloom ; seeds can be sown in hot-bed or house and afterwards transplanted or they can he sown in open ground. In hot, drv weather, mulch liberally with old manure or coarse litter, and do not let them suiter for water. Our list of varieties is a fine one 1 here is not a poor sort among them all. Per pkt.' Clant-3ranchlng Comet-A superb new Aster, growing 18 inches high, with enormous (lowers, borne on long graceful stems. The plant branches freelv. carnim; from 20 to 40 of its magnificent, (lowers. Each flower is as double and perfect, as a Paeon v, 5 to 6 inches in diameter, with center filled with a charming whirl of petals, afte
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