. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. ARISTOLOCHIA CYMBIFERA. Climbing Asparaguses. Asparagus Pluiuosus Nanus—Leaves or plumes very dark green, as finely woven as the finest silken mesh, and flat in form like a .Fern-frond, yet it is a sturdy, dust and gas-proof plant which will flourish in any apart- ment. If kept in a starved state it will assume a dwarf from 6 to 12 inches high, but give it rich soil and root room and it will climb as freely as Smilax. Nice plants, 15c. each ; larger and
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. ARISTOLOCHIA CYMBIFERA. Climbing Asparaguses. Asparagus Pluiuosus Nanus—Leaves or plumes very dark green, as finely woven as the finest silken mesh, and flat in form like a .Fern-frond, yet it is a sturdy, dust and gas-proof plant which will flourish in any apart- ment. If kept in a starved state it will assume a dwarf from 6 to 12 inches high, but give it rich soil and root room and it will climb as freely as Smilax. Nice plants, 15c. each ; larger and very fine, 30c. each. Asparagus Tenuissimus—Imagine the common vegetable Aspara- gus transformed into a delicate climber, but with far finer and more filmy foliage, transforming everything it touches with the most airy and delicate greenery imaginable. Trained over windows or white curtains the effect is bewitching. 15c. each; larger, 30c. each. For Asparagus Sprengeri see page 7. Bignonias or Trumpet Vines. Bignonia Alba—Flowers tube-shaped, pure white, with yellow throat. Not hardy North. Rare. 20c. each. Bignonia Capreolata—Flowers tubular, orange-red and very hand- some. Beautiful evergreen vine, hardy as far north as ; A fine trellis plant. 10c. each. Bignonia Chamberlaynii—Flowers funnel-shape, golden yellow, produced from April to October in racemes of from 6 to 8. Hardy in the lower South. 10c. each. Cissus Incisa. (Marine Ivy, or Yerba del Buey.) An exceedingly choice and beautiful climber. Leaves compound (three thick, waxy, shiny and most beautiful. A very rapid grower, with slender and warty stems, sending down long air-roots. A curious and interesting vine. 10c. Allamauda Hendersonii—A superb plant which may be trained either as a climber or a shrub. Covers itself completely with immense tubular flowers 5 inches in diameter, rich, velvety yellow, with fine white spots at the throat, which is delicately maTked with reddish-brown; the lo
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