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Title: American grown hardy plants and bulbs for 1941 : spring and summer garden
Identifier: americangrownhar1941flow (find matches)
Year: 1941 (1940s)
Authors: Flowerfield Bulb Farm; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Horticulture New York (State) Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds New York (State) Catalogs; Seed industry and trade New York (State) Catalogs; Flowerfield Bulb Farm; Horticulture; Nursery stock; Bulbs (Plants); Flowers; Seed industry and trade
Publisher: Long Island, New York : Flowerfield Bulb Farm
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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IRIS Penny for Penny Your Best Bet THE DAINTY SIBERIAN IRIS These Iris are tall with slend stems and narrow grasslike foliage plants thrive in The loist loca- but can also be grown success- fully in the perennial border. The following varieties are: Each. 25c: three, 60c; doz., #2.25. Bob White. Pure white. Butterfly. Soft medium blue. Kingfisher Blue. Very bright sky- blue. Lady Northcliffe. Rich violet. Mrs. Rowe. Lavender-pink. Paillon. Gleaming light blue. Peggy Perry. Rich dark blue. Periwinkle. Violet-blue, turquoise midrib. Perry's Blue. Almost sky-blue. Pigmy. Dark violet. Snow Queen. White. Stardust. White, yellow throat. Sunnybrook. Medium blue. Thelma. Alice-blue with white White Dove. White: very tall.
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BULBOUS IRIS Dutch Iris are a superb improvement over the old Spanish Iris. The blooms are ke orchids and range in color from white and yellow, to blue and deep purple. They excel as cut flowers and are very long last- ing. Plant the bulbs 4 to 5 inches deep and protect them in the colder climates. They flower in June. Imperator. Dark porcelain-blue. Doz., 75c; 100, $4.75. Golden Bronze. Standards dark violet edged bronze; falls golden bronze. Doz., 75c; 100, $4.75. Leonardo Da Vinci. Standards creamy white: falls canary-yellow with orange stripe. Doz., 75c; 100, #4.75. Poggenbeek. Dark blue standards and falls Doz., 75c; 100, #4.75. ■v White Excelsior. Pure white stand ards and falls. Doz., 75c; 100 #4.75. Yellow Queen. Golden yellow stand ards and falls. Doz., 75c; 100 #4.75. COLLECTION: 12 each of the 6 above varieties for #3.50. Culture ris will grow in any good soil and under ost any conditions. They should be divided and reset every third year. Lovely pale orchid for naturalizing in semi-shade. They flower in May and do not grow more than 4 inches high. Each, 30c; three, 85c; doz., #3.00.

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