. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. T^e Pineapple. POMEGRANATE. It was this delicious fruit a Huguenot priest described more than 300 years ago as being of such excellence that the gods might luxuriate upon it, and that it should only be gathered by the hand of Venus. It is one of the most beauti- ful decorative plants imaginable, and is well worth growing on that account alone • but it will fruit in a greenhouse, or a window. It is closely related to the Air Piants, and thrives in an
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. T^e Pineapple. POMEGRANATE. It was this delicious fruit a Huguenot priest described more than 300 years ago as being of such excellence that the gods might luxuriate upon it, and that it should only be gathered by the hand of Venus. It is one of the most beauti- ful decorative plants imaginable, and is well worth growing on that account alone • but it will fruit in a greenhouse, or a window. It is closely related to the Air Piants, and thrives in an ordinary loose sandy soil, with plenty of moisture. It likes plenty of heat, though it will stand a variety of temperatures. Should be repotted frequently during the first year. Red Spanish—The Pineapple of commerce. Ruddy yellow when ripe ; flavor sub-acid, sparkling, Price, 15c each; 3 for 40c. Eavptian Queen—Very showy, of fine flavor, and most proline, bearing earlier and more surelv than any other sort. Flavor something like that of a wild strawberry. Rare. Price, 25c. each ; 3 for 65c. ptirple Seeded pomegranate. A remarkable seedling of the Sveet Pomegranate, which originated in this State, and of which there is but a l^1^,^?0^ Mr. P. J. Berckmans. the well-known ]'resident of the American Pomological Society, writes that he has seen and tasted tne oesi, European varieties, and has seen the best offered m this country, but that this is superior to any he has ever seen. Its distincuye features are the very large size of its fruits, resembling a Large rea apple, a fine sub-acid flavor, and the deep purple of the grains oi the pulp resembling clusters of rubies. The juice is as dark as port wine. The outside or calyx of the flower looks as it cut out of very thick red sealing wax, while the inside or petals iook iiKe crape or crimped tissue paoer, of a deeper color, A fine pot or turj plant, well worth growing for its flowers alone. May be wintered in a cellar or pit
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