. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1894. 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. Platycodoi}, GraI*difl°ra. We are proud to claim this as one of our own introduc- tions. A companionable flower that is attractive in the bor- Ygt^ der, pretty in balcony boxes, and very fine for vases hkP and cut flower work. Blooms first year from seed, pmuTw ^utflowers no^ full size un
. Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits for 1894. 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. Platycodoi}, GraI*difl°ra. We are proud to claim this as one of our own introduc- tions. A companionable flower that is attractive in the bor- Ygt^ der, pretty in balcony boxes, and very fine for vases hkP and cut flower work. Blooms first year from seed, pmuTw ^utflowers no^ full size until second year. The pretty Hj||||Estar-like flowers are nearly or quite three inches ralmaacross, and the- colors are very clear. It is a most VgSa beautiful and satisfactory plant which blooms freely all*the season, one plant often having a hundred or more of its large fine blossoms at one time. Colors blue and white. Fine roots, 15c. each; 3 for 25c.; 12 for 50c. Seed, 10c. per pkt-. ptjlox S^bulata. One of the finest of low, turfy-growing plants, fine for carpeting under trees, around rock work, edging beds, etc. Early in spring is very showy with its cloud of bright pink blossoms. We have in mind an old cemetery, overgrown in places with this pretty Phlox, and in the springtime it seems as though a pink snow has fallen, so thickly is the ground covered with rosy blooms. We do not understand why this is not more widely grown, for it is perfectly hardy, and once planted will take care of itself. 15c. each ; 3 for 30c.; 12 for$L JJardy Pyretljrbim—{Snow Bail.) One will go a long way before he will see so desirable a hardy perennial plant as this. It is perfectly hardy, living, flourishing and blooming year after year. Its foliage Is fern-like, lying in a beautiful tuft upon the ground. The flower stems are long, wiry and graceful, springing from the crown of the plant in great numbers, ana each having an enormous flower as white as snow and double and perfect to the center
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