Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs and plants that bloom . ul, alwaysmuch admired, and range from white to deep crimson incolor, with all intermediate shades and markings. Easilygrown in a window. Our plants are finest new varieties,imported last year, and are greatly sunerior to the olderwell-know sorts, Many of them are very double, and t hecolors of all are greatly improved, as well as the floweringqualities. Dr. D. Moore—Lovely rose, with white and violet reflex. Perfectly Paul de Schreyver Elegant, large, double Vandercruyssen —Lovely rose, with large —
Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs and plants that bloom . ul, alwaysmuch admired, and range from white to deep crimson incolor, with all intermediate shades and markings. Easilygrown in a window. Our plants are finest new varieties,imported last year, and are greatly sunerior to the olderwell-know sorts, Many of them are very double, and t hecolors of all are greatly improved, as well as the floweringqualities. Dr. D. Moore—Lovely rose, with white and violet reflex. Perfectly Paul de Schreyver Elegant, large, double Vandercruyssen —Lovely rose, with large —Immense double Perle—Large double white. Ceres—Fine double whltS, striped crimson. Great bloomer. Apollo—Deep brick red, semi-double and fine. C. de W. Anne-Double, rosy pink, flaked white. Above named sort* Xe. each ; I, for $ Mixed Azaleas—A very line collec tion of more than a dozenof the finest sorts mixed. These will give great satisfac-tion. 20c. each ; 3 for 50c. FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1900. i 39. {Chenille Plant). This is one of the mostgorgeous and peculiar (low-ering plants thus far dis-covered. It grows up astraight, stout branchingplant, clothed with largegreen leaves of good sub-stance, and out of the axil ofevery leaf grows a spike ofblossom, glowing crimson-scarlet in color, SO to 30inches Jong, as large aroundas ones linger and looks likea long piece of crimson-scarlet chenille cord. They growon the plant exactly as ourcut shows, and on plants afoot high the lower flowerspikes will hang below thebottom of the pot, and theycontinue to lengthen as theplant grows larger. Theylast for months before fad-ing, and before they fall offseveral other spikes havestarted out in the same leafaxil, and it is thus always inbloom—January to Decem-ber. Even tinu plants inthumb-pots bloom, though ofcourse the spikes at e propor-tionately smaller. Thisplant was discovered in NewGuinea and it did not comefrom the Philippines asDewe
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