. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. XL Orchids. '' Even to look up at them perched on bough and stems, as one rides by, and to guess what exquisite and fantastic form may issue, in a few months or weeks, out of those fleshy, often tmsightly leaves, is a strange pleasure—a spur to the fancy which is surely wholesome, if we will but believe that all these things were invented by a F
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. XL Orchids. '' Even to look up at them perched on bough and stems, as one rides by, and to guess what exquisite and fantastic form may issue, in a few months or weeks, out of those fleshy, often tmsightly leaves, is a strange pleasure—a spur to the fancy which is surely wholesome, if we will but believe that all these things were invented by a Fancy which desires to call out in us, by conte/nplating them, such stnall fancy as we possess; and to make us poets, each according to his power, by showing a zuorld in which, if rightly looked at, all is ; —KiNGSLEY. BLETIA purpurea. A handsome sort, bearing rich purple flowers, one and one-half inches across; lasting long in perfection. Blooms during January and Pebruai'.y, or later. $ each. BRASSAVOLA cordata. Jamaica. A neat white flowering plant; rigid leaves. 75cts. to|2each. BRASSIA candata (Epldendrum caudatum, Malaxis caudata). "Flowers green ; petals larger than the sepals, often reaching five or six inches; lip yellow, spotted with ; West Indies. $3 to 15 each. BR0U6HT0NIA sanguinea {Satyrium parasiticum, Broughtonia coccinea, Dendrobium sanguineum,. CATTLEYA TRIAN^. BROUGHTONIA, continued. Epidendrum sanguineum). Jamaica. Flowers bright crimson, and last long in perfection. $1 to $3 each. CATTLEYA citrina. A coolhouse Orchid of merit and extensive cultivation; from Mexico; flow- ers deliciously sweet, bright yellow, three inches across. 75 cents to $2 each. C. Gaskelliana. A magnificent species, allied to the labiata group. Flowers seven inches across, deep rose-colored, with yellow lip. $ each. C. Fercivaliaua. Brazil. One of the darkest flowered varieties in cultivation; rose, deepen- ing to purple in the lip. $ each. C.
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