MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | Vick's_garden_and_floral_guide_(16377319207).jpg (1259x1608) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: Vick's garden and floral guide (16377319207).jpg There is an increasing demand for plants that are perfectly hardy and we have been well pleased to note the present season how steadily a knowledge of <br> growing and massing hardy flowers is gaining and the consequent improvement in our gardens A strong point in favor of hardy fl wers is the use that can be <br> made cf them for house and table decoration The effectiveness of the many combinations and arrangements that can be made with them excites the admiration <br> of all lovers of the beautiful With a good collection of hardy plants and bulbs we not only haveaflower garden but also a garden of flowers; and that is what we <br> want This department is devoted entirely to Bulbs and Plants that will bear a Northern winter without injury like the Lilies Peonies Hardy Shrubs etc <br> All Plants and Bulbs will be delivered at your Post Office at prices given except as noted u tless specially ordered otherwise or when in our judg- <br> ment the expressage would be too costly As it is much more difficult to pack to carry with safety a single plant than a larger number we trust our <br> customers will order accordingly For economy and safety in packing it is best to order at least a dollar's worth of plants When Seeds and Bulbs or <br> Tender Plants are ordered together if not safe to send all on account of cold weather the Seeds will be sent at once and the Bulus and Plants as <br> soon as safe Should the weather be unfavorable or the ground not prepared on their arrival Hardy Plants Roots etc had better be placed in the <br> cellar the Lily and the Peony being covered with about two inches of moist not wet soil while shrubs and grasses like the Hydrangea Deutzia <br> Eulalia etc require only their roots covered with the soil made firm around them <br> ACHILLEA THE PEARL <br> A charming and beautiful hardy plant which furnishes a profusion of the <br> choicest double white flowers all summer It commences to bloom in June and <br> is a perfect mass of bloom until frost The flowers are about one-half inch in <br> diameter and are produced in large sprays Fine for bouquets and for vases <br> of mixed flowers One of the best plants that we know of for cemetery plant- <br> ing as it is perfectly hardy and once planted will improve each year <br> Each 15 cents; 3 for 40 cents ; per dozen 1 00 <br> ANEMONE <br> One of the best hardy autumn-flowering plants; dark green foliage; the flower <br> stems grow 18 inches high bearing from a score to a hundred flowers continuing <br> to improve until destroyed by frost <br> Anemone Japonica alba pure white 20 <br> rubra deep rose color 20 <br> coronaiia of low growth flowers early Roots double or single doz 25 <br> Dotihle AdieniOdie Whirlwind Blooms profusely every autumn; <br> perfectly hardy and once planted will live for years This plant which we <br> introduced in the spring of 1894 in habit is like the well-known White <br> Japan Anemone and even more abundant in blooming The flowers aie <br> double white 2 inches across and lastmuch longer than those of the sin- <br> gle varieties Plant about 2 feet high with large and plentiful foliage <br> Good strong plants each 20 cents; two for 30 cents ; per doz 1 50 <br> HARDY AZALEA <br> Azalea Pontica Ghent Azalea This lovely class of plants is entirely <br> hardy and will thrive in any good garden Our collection contains <br> the finest varieties grown and cannot be surpassed for the varied <br> richness of their colors As <br> the shrubs are too large to <br> send by mail we offer them <br> free by express at 90 cents <br> each; per dozen 10 00 <br> Mollis This splendid species <br> from Japan brings an abund- <br> ance of very large and beau- <br> tiful flowers very early in the <br> spring and is one of our most <br> gorgeous flowering shrubs <br> The brighc flowers of various <br> colors are borne in clusters <br> before the leaves appear in <br> Ma j Free by express <br> Each 75 cents ; per dozen <br> 7- <br> azalea mollis <br> ALTH/EA <br> Rose of Sharon beautiful shrub blooming early in the fall; double red <br> and double white; single red and double variegated ; each 25 <br> BERBERIS THUNBERGII <br> A handsome low-growing form of Barberry of Japanese origin; foliage abund- <br> ant leaves small obovate; flowers reddish; berries bright crimson and remain on <br> the bush all winter In autumn the leaves turn a bright red and make a great <br> display It is a beautiful plant for the lawn or the front of the shrubbery and <br> is unequaled for a luw-growing ornamental hedge Plants 25 cts each <br> CLEMATIS DAVIDIANA <br> A vigorous hardy plant growing from two to four feet high ; handsome <br> foliage; flowers are produced in great profusion in clusters are bell-shaped <br> deep lavender or violet in color and very fragrant ; one of the most desirable of <br> hardy herbaceous perennials Strong plants each 25 cents; two for 40 cents <br> COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA <br> Flowers large bright golden yellow and produced in the greatest profusio <br> the entire summer ; invaluable for cutting Each 10 cents J three for 25 cents <br> DOUBLE ANEMONE WHIRLWIND <br> Our facilities for growing and propagating hardy and tender <br> plants roses etc have been largely increased If you compare <br> prices with those of last year you will find them correspondingly <br> decreased <br> 48 43864385 149533 78224 Page 48 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43864385 1900 10 5962/bhl title 78224 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; James Vick's Sons Rochester N Y NameFound ACHILLEA NameConfirmed Achillea EOLID 36945 NameBankID 2657276 NameFound Berberis thunbergii NameConfirmed Berberis thunbergii EOLID 596554 NameBankID 2645616 NameFound Clematis davidiana NameConfirmed Clematis davidiana EOLID 5527727 NameBankID 5885441 NameFound Coreopsis lanceolata NameConfirmed Coreopsis lanceolata EOLID 595029 NameBankID 2658375 NameFound Deutzia NameConfirmed Deutzia EOLID 11171771 NameBankID 2649641 NameFound Eulalia NameConfirmed Eulalia EOLID 108151 NameBankID 652465 NameFound Hydrangea NameConfirmed Hydrangea sect Cornidia Ruiz Pav Engl EOLID 40082 NameFound Japonica alba NameFound Mollis NameConfirmed MOLLIS NameBankID 5333255 NameFound Pontica NameConfirmed Pontica NameBankID 4307226 Biodiversity Heritage Library Vick's garden and floral guide 1900 Garden Stories Catalogs Commerce Flowers Gardening James Vick's Sons Rochester N Y Rochester N Y Seeds Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43864385 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43864385 James Vicks Sons bhlGardenStories Anenome Bulbs BHLinbloom james vick's sons rochester n y rochester n y u s department of agriculture national agricultural library james vicks sons bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-02-17 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16377319207 2015-08-24 22 55 49 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Vick's garden and floral guide Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
.jpg){kind=link}
