. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Miscellaneous Department. 49 ARISTOLOCHIA elegans. One of the best and hand- somest summer cUmbers ; the growth is rapid and very dense. It is a profuse bloomer, and its elegant, dark purple flowers, blotched and waved with creamy white, are very striking. 20 cents each. ASFABAGTJS racemosus, A handsome species of decorative Asparagus,
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Miscellaneous Department. 49 ARISTOLOCHIA elegans. One of the best and hand- somest summer cUmbers ; the growth is rapid and very dense. It is a profuse bloomer, and its elegant, dark purple flowers, blotched and waved with creamy white, are very striking. 20 cents each. ASFABAGTJS racemosus, A handsome species of decorative Asparagus, newly imported from Africa. Most delicate foliage. A climber. 50 cents each. ASPIDISTRA lurida variegata. A fine decorative plant, hardy as far north as Jacksonville. Leaves eight to twelve inches long, and four to six inches wide, of a deep green color, broadly striped with creamy white. 50 cents each. AUCUBA Japonica. Gold-Dust Tree. Hand- some broad-leaved evergreen shrub, with va- riegated foliage. Plant in partial shade. 50 cents each. BAPHIA racemosa. A South African tree belong- ing to the Pea family. Wood is used in dyeing. 75 cents each. BAUHINIA. Mountain Ebony. "Named by Plumier in memory of the two famous botanists of the century, John and Casper Bauhin, brothers ; the leaves being simple, but two-lobed, which circumstance, it is said, gave occasion to Plumier to name this genus from the two ;—Don, This is an extensive genus of tropical plants, creepers, shrubs and trees, widely diffused throughout the tropics, and especially abundant in South America and India. Family Leguminoscz, which, however, at a glance would not be apparent. Flowers of all species are handsome. Kingsley, while at Port of Spain, Trinidad, speaks of " The Bau- hinias, like tall and ancient white thorns, which shade the road"—but most of the species are creepers or shrubs. Though not perfectly har- dy, so far as our late arctic waves are
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