. Childs' fall catalogue for 1907. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Nurseries (Horticulture); Bulbs (Plants); Flowers. -'.Si 4 'â. Sacred J^ilies. Of all winter flowers the Sacred Lilies are probably the most popular and universally grown. Few flowers equal tbem in beauty and fragrance and none in free growing and blooming qualities. Imperial Chinese Sacred Lily â The greatest and most popular winter-blooming bulb. They are very large, and each one sends up from five to twelve spikes, which bear clusters of larg
. Childs' fall catalogue for 1907. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Nurseries (Horticulture); Bulbs (Plants); Flowers. -'.Si 4 'â. Sacred J^ilies. Of all winter flowers the Sacred Lilies are probably the most popular and universally grown. Few flowers equal tbem in beauty and fragrance and none in free growing and blooming qualities. Imperial Chinese Sacred Lily â The greatest and most popular winter-blooming bulb. They are very large, and each one sends up from five to twelve spikes, which bear clusters of large, perfect, waxy-like blossoms with a yellow center, and a powerful and delicious fragrance, which is not excelled by any flower. They grow well in pots of soil: but the most popular way of blooming them is the Chinese method, as follows: Fill a bowl or some vessel with pebbles, in which place the bulb, setting it about one-half its depth, so that it will be held firmly: then fill with water to the top of the pebbles, and place in a warm sunny window. The bulb will at once com- mence a rapid growth and bloom in three weeks. This improved sort has a much larger bulb and finer flowers than the common sort. In fact it is so much superior that we do not offer the old one any longer. We advise our friends to plant this variety, for we know it will be so much better than the common and cheaper one. 20e, each; 3for50c. Japanese Double Sacred Lily â Fine, large clusters of double blossoms. Pure white, with orange center, loc. each: 3 for 25c. Golden Sacred LilyâAs compared with the Chinese Sacred Lily this produces a much larger flower, though the bulb is smaller. Its fragrance is even better and its color a deep, glowing yellow. 6c. each; 7 for 20c. T?ic 3 sorts for SOc. polyaptljos \urcisstis. These are considered the best of all Narcissus for pot culture, and by many esteemed the most beautiful. By starting the dry bulbs at intervals from Sep- tember until January, a succession
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