. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. MELASTOMA SANGUINEUM, Myrtus Tonteijtosa. (The Downy Myrtle.) A very handsome and distinct species bearing beautiful pink flve-petaled flowers, resembling in size the Dog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profus- ion that the leaves of the plant are almost completely hidden, and the branches weighted to the ground. A beautiful pot-shrub for the North and valuable fruit- bearing shrub for Florida. See further description onpagc^, under Tropical a
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. MELASTOMA SANGUINEUM, Myrtus Tonteijtosa. (The Downy Myrtle.) A very handsome and distinct species bearing beautiful pink flve-petaled flowers, resembling in size the Dog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profus- ion that the leaves of the plant are almost completely hidden, and the branches weighted to the ground. A beautiful pot-shrub for the North and valuable fruit- bearing shrub for Florida. See further description onpagc^, under Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits. Price. 15c. each: larger, 30c. each. M. Communis—This is the true Myrtle or Bridal Myrtle which was so great a favorite among the ancients, and was sacred to Venus. It makes a beautiful pot plant of erect shrubby habit, with fragrant evergreen foliage, and is of the easiest culture in the win- dow. It also bears small white flowers freely, which are scented like the foliage. Hitrhly valued for use in wedding and funeral bouquets, etc. Hardy in the open ground in Florida. 30c. MYBTUS 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 Jessamine Gardens; Ellsworth, W. J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
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