. Bancroft's beautiful flowers : spring '98. Nursery stock, Iowa, Cedar Falls, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. Tuberous Rooted. A handsome class of summer blooming plants, commencing to flower early and continuing in full bloom until frost; rivaling the Geraniums in depth and intensity of color. They grow best if planted in partial shade in a soil composed of leaf mold, sand and a portion of well-rotted cow manure. They also make splendid specimen plants when grown in pots. When through flowering they should be dried
. Bancroft's beautiful flowers : spring '98. Nursery stock, Iowa, Cedar Falls, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. Tuberous Rooted. A handsome class of summer blooming plants, commencing to flower early and continuing in full bloom until frost; rivaling the Geraniums in depth and intensity of color. They grow best if planted in partial shade in a soil composed of leaf mold, sand and a portion of well-rotted cow manure. They also make splendid specimen plants when grown in pots. When through flowering they should be dried off" and shaken free from earth, and packed in charcoal dust or dry leaf mold and kept in a warm room until February or March, when they may be started again. Single Flowered ; white, 25 cents. Single Flowered; yellow, 25 cents. Single Flowered; rose, 25 cents. Single Flowered; red, 25 cents. Four bulbs, one of each color, for 75 cents. Single Flowered ; mixed colors, per dozen; 15cents each. Double Flowered; mixed colors, $ per dozen ; 30 cents each. CALADIUM. ^— _ One of the most effective plants in cultivation for plant- ing upon the lawn, growing five feet high; handsome leaves, often'^three feet long and twenty inches wide. It will grow in any good garden soil and is of easiest cultiva- tion. Can be stored in dry sand in a warm place over winter. Esculentum. (Elephant Ears.) Immense leaves of a fine, rich green; very showy. First size bulbs, 2% inches in diameter, each 85 cents; per dozen, $ Second size, bulbs, 1% to 2 inches, each 15 cents; per dozen, $ Ex- tra large bulbs, 50 cents each. DAHLIAS. See GLADIOLUS. SSI. 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 Joseph Bancroft & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Cedar Falls, Iowa
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