. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1894. 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. Fuctjsia Trail- ing Qaeei}. Good plants for hanging pota or baskets are rare—as rare as they are beautiful. Nothing is so pretty as a pot suspended ia a window filled with luxuriant foliage and bright blos- soms. This new Fuchsia never grows erect, but always trails down over a the side o
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1894. 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. Fuctjsia Trail- ing Qaeei}. Good plants for hanging pota or baskets are rare—as rare as they are beautiful. Nothing is so pretty as a pot suspended ia a window filled with luxuriant foliage and bright blos- soms. This new Fuchsia never grows erect, but always trails down over a the side of the pot, and ' is the most beautiful of all plants for suspension. Luxuriant without being weedy, procumbent without being sprawling, clothed with hand- some foliage, and loaded with hundreds of gracefully drooping flowers, nothing more coukl be asked for as a basket plant. A well grown plant of this Fuchsia Is a weeping fountain of waxen scarlet and violet-purple bells, and it remains in this condition for months at a time. Very ro- bust and easy to grow, the branches reaching a length of four and five feet, blooming and growing nearly the whole year. The leavesare dark green,ribbed and rayed with red or crimson, which makes them luminous and handsome. Flowers and buds long and graceful, and borne In large clusters at the ends of the vines. When ex- panded the flowers are very large in size, tube and sepals bright rosy scarlet, while the corolla at opening is a rich violet purple, changing the second day to a fine shade of crimson, the r » two colors In the same cluster contrastingbeautifully. A good specimen will show hundreds of flowers at once, and the effect when suspended in a win- dow is truly glorious. It grows and blooms nearly the whole year. 25c. each; 5 for the warmth and light, give them plenty of water anil In three or four weeks buds will appear. They can also be grown in soil, but will be a little slower to bloom. Their blooms are much finer in the h
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