. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. NEW STAR. height of 15 or 20 feet, begin Ring to bloom in June and continuing until frost. Fine for screens, trellis, arbors fences, etc. Per pkt. 5c. Early L^ffa. JAP. MORNING GLORY. This is an early fruiting variety of the Disli Rag Gourd or Vegetable Sponge of the tropics, and will ripen its fruits all over the North. It is a very rapid growing climb- er with ornamental deeply cut leaves and an abundance of large and very showy golden yellow ilowers.
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. NEW STAR. height of 15 or 20 feet, begin Ring to bloom in June and continuing until frost. Fine for screens, trellis, arbors fences, etc. Per pkt. 5c. Early L^ffa. JAP. MORNING GLORY. This is an early fruiting variety of the Disli Rag Gourd or Vegetable Sponge of the tropics, and will ripen its fruits all over the North. It is a very rapid growing climb- er with ornamental deeply cut leaves and an abundance of large and very showy golden yellow ilowers. It bears fruits which look much like immense cucumbers but which, when ripe, are tilled with a beautiful lace-like net-work of fibre which is useful for a variety of purposes, such as dish cloths, bath sponges, etc., and from which bonnets and a great variety of fancy articles may be made. A most interesting plant and product, and sufficiently ornamental as a climber alone to be worthy of general cultivation. Per pkt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jessamine Gardens; Ellsworth, W. J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
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