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Identifier: CAT31285257 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Nanz & Neuner; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Nanz & Neuner
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Next to the geranium the verbena is the most popular and useful of our bedding plants. The collection we oftei- below is as fine a collection as could be found on this continent, containing the most brilliant colors and some right fragrant varieties. In order to lieep the plants in the best of blooming condition, cut all faded flowers off and even a severe trimming or clipping tends only to strengthen the plants and keep them in better shape for late flowering. The demand we had the past season for this popular flower was simply enormous. Price, 10 cents each; 18 for $1; our selection, 24 for $1. CAMEO. Beautiful soft pink shade, large, distinct yellow eye, of the very best. CLIMAXER. Most brilliant, scarlet, large bold eye, foliage dark green, glossy, strong grower. CORAL. Extra large pink, large, well-deflned white eye, grows very large and spreading. ECLIPSE. Maroon, white eye, cherry lips, very free bloomer. GLOW WORM. Brilliant dark red. JOCKEY. Deep crimson, satiny shading. MODISTE. Beautiful large flowers of exquisite heliotrope shade, very blooming and healthy grower. MRS. CLEVELAND. Largest and sweetest of all, of daz- zling snow white free color, makes very large plants and large foliage. MAGIC. Very large white, striped and blotched with blue. MIDNIGHT. Extra dark variety. OLIO. White, large, Btriped and flaked with carmine, very sweet. PINK STAR. Extra large flowers of clearest, bright, rosy pink, one of the most admired varieties. PINK AND WHITE STAR. Very large white, striped with deep pink.
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Violet Princess of Wales. Vinca. (PERIWINKLE.) HARRISONII. Center of leaves marked with light green. 20 cents each. Small, 10 cents. MAJOR VARIEGATA. A rapid grower; leaves glossy green, marked with white. 20 cents each; small, 10 cents. Coontio, Zamia Integrifolia. A RARE SOUTH FLORIDA CYCAD. This strikingly beautiful and interesting Cycad, a native of the extreme southern part of Florida, is something be- tween a Palm and a Fern, but is neither, and is of ex- treme stateliness and beauty. The leaves are pinnate and palm-like, but coiled in the bud like ferns, and re- tain their beauty for some years. The beautiful flower- head Is like a pine cone in shape, appearing as if stamp- ed out of rich maroon velvet, When ripe it bursts and exhibits its glossy, rich yellow seeds, which change to red. It makes a magnificent decorative pot plant, stand- ing heat, dust, and almost any amount of abuse, and la a fine companion for the rare Sago Palm, which It some- what resembles though entirely distinct. The plants we offer are all pot grown, beautiful specimens, with fine fronds (leaves) and an abundance of roots, ready for Immediate effect, and all sure to live and thrive. First size, with nice foliage, 40c each, postpaid; second size, larger and exceedingly fine foliage, 75 to $2 each, by express only. Violets. This Is one of the most popular flowers In cultivation, one of the most fragrant flowers in existence; so popular hag the flowers become that florists through the country have Invested thousands of dollars in greenhouses for the ex- clusive cultivation of this sweet flower. The violet has become one of the ultra fashionable flowers during Its blooming season. Millions of them are sold monthly. The most popular in cultivation are: THE CZAR (OR RUSSIAN VIOLET). Very large, deep blue, with long, stiff stems, blooms early In spring, each* 15 cents. (Single.) MARIE LOUISE, Double blue, very fine bloomer, each, IS cents. SCHOENBRUNN, OR LITTLE BLUE PEEP. One of the first to bloom and longest to stay In the market. Very popular among florists. 10 cents each. (Single.) THE CALIFORNIA is not an untried novelty. Last season a few thousand flowers were sold in the San Francisco market at ten times the price of Marie Louise and Rus- sian, and this season tens of thousands are being mar- keted at four times the price of the above. The plants are vigorous, absolutely free from disease. The flowers are single, covering a silver dollar, intensely fragrant and clear violet purple In color and do not fade ont; stems are long and ten to fourteen inches In length, a single plant produces several hundred flowers during the season. These facts are borne out by the San Francisco floral market. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. LADY CAMPBELL. New double light blue, a shade lighter than Marie Louise, and more profuse summer and win- ter bloomer. Very best for all purposes. 15 cents each; $1 per dozen.

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