. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. PIKE & ELLSWORTH, JESSAMINE, PASCO CO., FLA. u. Choice Specialties in Flower Seeds. NDER this head we ofEer a selection of Choice Seeds of the most decided merit. Some of them are Novelties— but thoroughly tested and their fully proven and established—vi^hile others ai e not entirely new but are so meritorious and desirable as to deserve more notice than we could give them in our reuular list of setds, which will be found f


. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. PIKE & ELLSWORTH, JESSAMINE, PASCO CO., FLA. u. Choice Specialties in Flower Seeds. NDER this head we ofEer a selection of Choice Seeds of the most decided merit. Some of them are Novelties— but thoroughly tested and their fully proven and established—vi^hile others ai e not entirely new but are so meritorious and desirable as to deserve more notice than we could give them in our reuular list of setds, which will be found further on in this Catalogue. We call particular attention to our Uiant Combina- tion Strain of Pausies, New Peerless Petunias, Extra Choice Balsams, New Striped Dianthus, Tom Thumb Verbenas and Lilliputian Zinnias, which have created a sensation wherever grown. And our patrons will be equally surprised and delighted witli our Supei b Hybrid Gloxinias and Tuberous Rooted Begonias, the new climbing plant Centrosema VirginiaKa, and Leviathan Scabiosa, while the marveioualy painted Monkey Flowers (Mimulus) will prnve a wondrous revelation to those who have never before s en them. All GUI- Seeds are perfectlii frcxh and a« giiriil as the hcst ever r/ivun and sent out. Centrosema Virginiana. «« LOOK AT ; Many old and neglected plants are realiv valuable and often prove equally as sattstactory as those which are absolutely new to cultivation, and at the same time if the best in actual merit, are decidedly tnost desirable. Just such a plant is Centrosema Virginiana, known to botanists for many j ears but not generally introduced into cultivation until IPoSt year, (under t ie name of Centrosema granditlora.) It is a perennial vine of rare and exquisite beauty, perfectlyhardyattheNorth, begins blooming early in June tinm seed sown in April, and bears in the greatest profusion inverted, pea-shaped floweis from IJ^ to inches in diameter, and ranging in color from rosy violet


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