. 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. Semi-Tropical Fruit-Bearing Trees and Plants. 75. See " Cacti Picholine Olive. OPUNTIA FICUS INOICA. {Indian Fig Cactus.) PASSIFLORA INCARNATA. {The May .Apple, or Flesh-colored Granadilla.) Our native Passion Vine, producing an edible fruit, and well worth cultivating as an ornamental climber. The root is perennial, and hardy throughout all the
. 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. Semi-Tropical Fruit-Bearing Trees and Plants. 75. See " Cacti Picholine Olive. OPUNTIA FICUS INOICA. {Indian Fig Cactus.) PASSIFLORA INCARNATA. {The May .Apple, or Flesh-colored Granadilla.) Our native Passion Vine, producing an edible fruit, and well worth cultivating as an ornamental climber. The root is perennial, and hardy throughout all the Southern states; should bo grown in pots or boxes, as it is apt to become unmanageable by reason of its running root stalks. 15 cents each, two for 35 cents. PSIDIUM. p. Cattleyana. (Oattley or Strawberry Guava.) This fruit is becoming more popular all the time, as its merits become better known. It is a handsome shrub for lawn or garden, and the most per- sistent fruit-producing plant we ever saw. ' No sooner is one crop ripe than it is blooming for another, and frequently it has blooms, half- grown and ripe fruit, all at the same time. The fruit is round and about an inch in diameter, of a dark red color, sometimes with a yellow cheek. As a jelly fruit it surpasses the common Guava. Foliage a rich dark green, thick and shining, somewhat resembling the camellia; in growth it is of dwarf habit, and plants should be set out in rows 8 feet apart each way. It makes an elegant pot-plant, and at the North it may be grown outdoors all summer, and then trans- ferred to the house, where it will continue to produce more or less fruit all winter. Fine po* g<-own plants, 15cents each, § per dozen. P. sinensis. The Hardy Yellow, or Yellow Cat tley. A species much resembling the above, with yellow fruit a little larger than the red, sweeter and much superior for eating raw; it is also being largely I'lanted, with the intention of making the jelly one of our commercial Pri
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