. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & 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. CHILDS' GREAT NEW CALLAS.*^. j SPOTTED CALLA. EVBBBLOOMING CALLA. Guilds' D^arf EVer- bloonjiDJl Galla. It is our good fortune to have come into possession of this most valuable of all Callas. The following facts will convince anyone of its great superiority over the old sort. It is of a dwarf ha


. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & 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. CHILDS' GREAT NEW CALLAS.*^. j SPOTTED CALLA. EVBBBLOOMING CALLA. Guilds' D^arf EVer- bloonjiDJl Galla. It is our good fortune to have come into possession of this most valuable of all Callas. The following facts will convince anyone of its great superiority over the old sort. It is of a dwarf habit and does not grow tall and scraggly like the old variety, but is strong and compact with a great abundance of lustrous dark green foliage. It is a true ever- bloomer, its flowers appearing in great abundance both sum- mer and winter when grown in pots, or it will bloom pro- fusely all summer long in open ground and being potted in September, will continue blooming without intermission all winter. The same plant will grow and bloom for years without once ceasing, and the quantity of bloom which a good plant will produce is astonishing. It is estimated that six plants of the old sort will not produce so many flowers in the course of a year as will one plant of thisnewdwarf vari- ety. A large plant is hardly ever withoutone or more flow- ers and its dwarf compact habit makes it a much more de- sirable pot plant than the old variety. Its flowers are of large size and snowy white in color. All in all it is one of the most desirable plants we ever offered. Strong plants for blooming at once, 25c. each; 3 for 60c.; 6 for $ Galla, SWeet Scented Fragrance. Probably the greatest novelty of the year. It seems to be identical with Childs' Dwarf Everbloomlng, possessing the additional charm of delicious fragrance. This new Calla was originated by Luther Burbank, of California, who speaks of it thus: " The plants are of medium size, compact in growth and bloom profusely. It has


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