. 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. 124 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. "JMELPOMENE The brush cannot paint or the pen portray the exquisite purity and delicacy, yet magnificent, grandeur, of the stately Lily. It is the plus ultra of floral beauty, and we urge our friends to each year add a few Lili
. 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. 124 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. "JMELPOMENE The brush cannot paint or the pen portray the exquisite purity and delicacy, yet magnificent, grandeur, of the stately Lily. It is the plus ultra of floral beauty, and we urge our friends to each year add a few Lilies to their collection. No other flower will so adorn our homes when In bloom, and they constantly improve after planting. We feel sure thai if our readers could see a good collection of from 20 to 40 different sorts in bloom they would never rest until they had a goodly number of their own. As a rule. Lilies are of the easiest cultivation, especially the following, which have been carefully selected as the hardiest, handsomest and best. We grow at Floral Park about Ave acresof the bulbs we offer are large, healthy, vigorous and cheap. Grm)d Speciosiiii) Jjilies. The Speciosums are the hardiest, most robust and free- flowering of all Lilies, not omitting the old Tiger Lily, while in beauty they are second to none. The magnificence of their blossoms cannot bedescribed. Having a large stock we are prepared to offer them very low, and trust that our customers wiil profit by it. Rubrum-Deep rose, freely spotted crimson and mottled white: perfectly exquisite. 10c. each : 3 for 25c.; 7 for 50c. Malpomene -Words cannot describe the beauty of this variety. Frosted white, spotted, clouded and bearded with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and widely bordered. 20c. each; 3 for 50c; 7 for $ Praecox—Large, perfect and beautiful. Frosted white' with a tinge of blush at the tip otpetals. The blush-like fringeineach petal adds to its beauty. : 3for50e. Ntonstro
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