. Catalogue of the Cox Seed & Plant Co. Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs. COX SEED AND PLANT CO.'S CATALOGUE. FASSIFIvORA EDCMS. The Granadilla. (Spanish, Passionaria or Granadilla). A beautiful climbing herbaceous plant with shining lobed leaves. VerjT quick- growing, bearing fruit the second year; one of the best of the eight or ten edible species of Passion Vines, and one of the most ornamental of all the genus (which includes two hundred species). "The Passion flowers were so
. Catalogue of the Cox Seed & Plant Co. Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Catalogs. COX SEED AND PLANT CO.'S CATALOGUE. FASSIFIvORA EDCMS. The Granadilla. (Spanish, Passionaria or Granadilla). A beautiful climbing herbaceous plant with shining lobed leaves. VerjT quick- growing, bearing fruit the second year; one of the best of the eight or ten edible species of Passion Vines, and one of the most ornamental of all the genus (which includes two hundred species). "The Passion flowers were so named by the ear'y Roman Catholic missionaries to South America, who found in them symbols of the Crucifixion—the crown of thorns in the fringes of the flower, nails in the styles with their capitate stigmas; hammers to drive them in the stamens, cords in the ; The Granadilla fruit is as large as a goose-egg, and of a purplish color. Petals of the flower, white; crown whitish, with a blue or violet base. The plant is a native of Brazil. Per pkt., 15 cents. SUNFLOWER. Primrose-colored. New. One of the most striking and curious Sunflowers ever pro- duced; tery handsome; height, six to eight feet. Per pkt., 10 cents. ASTER "; Of this beautiful Aster, which has so rapidly acquired general popularity, the originator has succeeded in obtaining several new colors. The flowers are light blue, lilac, rose, carmine rose, and crimson varieties, in addition to the fine white one obtained several years back. We warmly recommend this mixed seed as sure to produce exclusively handsome flowers of perfect form. Pkt., Passiflora 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 Cox Seed and Plant Company; Cox Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catal
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