. Greenhouse and bedding plants : spring of 1897, catalogue no. 2. Bedding plants Seedlings Catalogs; Greenhouse plants Seedlings Catalogs; Nurseries Horticulture Georgia Augusta Catalogs; Nursery stock Georgia Augusta Catalogs; Trees Catalogs. 28 P. J. BERCKMANS* PLANT CATALOGUE. Coniferous Araucaria excelsa. FOR CONSERVATORIES AND SUB- TROPICAL SECTIONS. Araucaria. Bidwilli. {Bunya-Bunya Pine, or More/on Bay Pine.) A stately tree, attaining a great height; of regular and symmetrical habit; leaves lanceolate, in 2 regular rows ; deep green ; can stand a frost of 6° to 8° only (Fa
. Greenhouse and bedding plants : spring of 1897, catalogue no. 2. Bedding plants Seedlings Catalogs; Greenhouse plants Seedlings Catalogs; Nurseries Horticulture Georgia Augusta Catalogs; Nursery stock Georgia Augusta Catalogs; Trees Catalogs. 28 P. J. BERCKMANS* PLANT CATALOGUE. Coniferous Araucaria excelsa. FOR CONSERVATORIES AND SUB- TROPICAL SECTIONS. Araucaria. Bidwilli. {Bunya-Bunya Pine, or More/on Bay Pine.) A stately tree, attaining a great height; of regular and symmetrical habit; leaves lanceolate, in 2 regular rows ; deep green ; can stand a frost of 6° to 8° only (Fahr.). $i to $2 each. ^Excelsa. {Norfolk Island Pine.) This noble Con- ifer has succeeded in south Florida, and may be con- sidered hardy in sections where the winter tempera- ture does not fall below 250 Fahr. There are few trees as beautiful. Foliage bright green and dense, on slightly pendulous branches ; grows to a great height, but is at its best when of moderate size. Fine plants, 12 inches, each; 15 inches, 62 each ; 18 inches, $3 each ; 24 inches, $5 each. HARDY CONIFEROUS EVERGREENS FOR OPEN GROUND. v These are grown in pots during a part of the season, and, being sent out with all their roots in a compact ball of earth, there is slight danger of loss in trans- planting. We would again urge the necessity of plant- ing small, healthy, pot-grown plants in preference to larger specimens, which can only be furnished from open ground, and with these there is always connected some risk in transplanting. Plants from'4 and 6-inch pots, can be supplied until the middle of April. For full description, see Catalogue No. 1. Price for plants grown in 4 and 6-inch pots, nnless noted, 50 cts. each: 10 plants, our selection of varie- ties, §4. Araucaria Imbricata. (Chili Pine—Monkey Puzzle.) A tree of remarkable aspect. Branches horizontal, leaves stiff and sharp at apex, of a deep green. ' This tree does not thrive in the middle sections of the South, but is eminently suite
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