. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and 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. Pern J^at Tree—A beautiful tree of a low shrubby growth, making a superb large foliage shrub. Its leaves are like beautiful fern fronds, so finely laciniated and graceful, often two feet in length by ten inches in width. Color very dark green while the stems are dark ebony red. It also bears large


. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and 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. Pern J^at Tree—A beautiful tree of a low shrubby growth, making a superb large foliage shrub. Its leaves are like beautiful fern fronds, so finely laciniated and graceful, often two feet in length by ten inches in width. Color very dark green while the stems are dark ebony red. It also bears large bunches of red berries, and in autumn the leaves cobr very brightly at the touch of frost. It is one of the vwy finest ornamental shrubs in cultivation. It is hardw and robust and succeeds in any situation. As a specimen shrub or small tree for the yard or lawn it is gran's. flYDEANGEA. Hydrangea Pamcnlata-Generally considered the most valuable and ornamental shrub in existence. Bushy and robust, every branch tipped in midsummer with an im- mense close panicle of flat, snow-white flowers of gigan- ticsize. The trusses of bloom are ten to twelve inches long and nearly as thick through and last for two or three months, turning pinkish toward the last. No other shrub makes such a show on the lawn or is so univer- sally admired. Grand for cemetery use, and always blooms finely the first 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 Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs


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