. 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. Chinese kantern plant. The plant produces white flowers, which are followed by large inflated husks, much the shape of Chinese lanterns, at first a green color, changing to brightest scarlet, and as they hang suspended among the green foliage they present a most novel and beautiful aprearance. In t
. 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. Chinese kantern plant. The plant produces white flowers, which are followed by large inflated husks, much the shape of Chinese lanterns, at first a green color, changing to brightest scarlet, and as they hang suspended among the green foliage they present a most novel and beautiful aprearance. In these husks or **lanterns" a fruit is borne, in color a deep ruby-red. and good either for cooking, preserving or eating raw. and keeps well into the wiuter 6. TomThumb Platycodon Mariesi Tom Thumb. A perfect gem of a hardy perennial plant, which blooms first year from seed, and for any number of years following, as the roots are perfectly hardy. The plant makes a pretty little tuft of foliage close to the ground, and from its crown sends up slender stems to the height of 5 to 10 inches, bear- ing very labge, wide open, saucer-shaped blossoms, which are perfectly exquisite. The size of the blossoms is im- mense, compared with the plants. Most of the plants pro- duce flowers of a deep, rich blue color, but some will be pure white, tinged blue. Seed may be sown in pots early or in open ground. In either ease plants will bloom quickly 10. 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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