. Annual illustrated and descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants and seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. Tropical Fruit Plants and Nut Trees. 69 CICCA DISTICHA. (Othaeitc Gooseberry.) A rare and beautiful tree, with immense decompound leaves of a peculiar light bluish greeu. The fruit is of a waxy whiteness, and produced in long, psndent racemes. 20 cents each. COCCOLOBA. C. uvifera. (Sea Grape ) Perhaps of little value as a fruit, although the berries a
. Annual illustrated and descriptive catalogue of new, rare and beautiful plants and seeds. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs. Tropical Fruit Plants and Nut Trees. 69 CICCA DISTICHA. (Othaeitc Gooseberry.) A rare and beautiful tree, with immense decompound leaves of a peculiar light bluish greeu. The fruit is of a waxy whiteness, and produced in long, psndent racemes. 20 cents each. COCCOLOBA. C. uvifera. (Sea Grape ) Perhaps of little value as a fruit, although the berries are lilted by some, but as an ornamental slirub it is superb; the round leaves, as large as a saucer, are of the richest velvety green, with crimson midrib, and lapping one over the other, forni one of the most elegant of plants. SOcts. each. C. FloridaHa. (Pigeon Plum.) In this species the fruit is probably of more value. Leaves clear, shining green, with a tendency toward wine color in the young growths. A fine decorative plant. 30 cents each. COCOS NUCIFERA. {jSocoanut Pnlin.) See department of "Palms, Cycads and ; COFFEA. C. Arabica. (Arabian Coffee Plant.) Native in the mountains of southwestern Abyssinia. The shrub is a beautiful evergreen, with white flowers. 30cts. each. C. Bengalensis. (Bengal Coffee Plant.) Berries of in- ferior quality, but flowers very ornamental. 75c. each. C. Liberica. (Liberian Coffee Plant.) ''This species attains the size of a real tree, is a rich bearer, and the berries are larger than those of the ordinary coffee- ; Growing in favor in coffee-producing coun- tries. 35 cents each. EUGENIA JAMBOS. (Rose Apple.) A beautiful evergreen tree; a native of the East Indies, but has long been grown in the West India Islands; the leaves are long and narrow, and resemble those of the oleander; the new growth is wine-colored, like the mango; fruit resembles a large crab-apple, is white or yellowisb, with red flush on one sid
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