. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 31 HYBIGA cerifera. Our well-known Wax-Myrtle, from which a marketable wax is prepared. 15 cents each. MYBISTICA moschata. The Nutmeg. '-A beauti- ful branching tree, growing about 30 feet high; produces the nutmeg and mace of commiei'ce. It is principally grown in the Banda Islands, though common in Java and ; Can probably be profi
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 31 HYBIGA cerifera. Our well-known Wax-Myrtle, from which a marketable wax is prepared. 15 cents each. MYBISTICA moschata. The Nutmeg. '-A beauti- ful branching tree, growing about 30 feet high; produces the nutmeg and mace of commiei'ce. It is principally grown in the Banda Islands, though common in Java and ; Can probably be profitably grown on our lower Keys. Rare, and difticult to obtain. 13 each. (Pot- grown plants.) PAPYRUS antiquoram. The Paper-Reed of the Nile shores. This yielded the substance used as paper by the ancient Egyptians. The plant is very ornamental; the stems, which some- times grow to a height of eight or ten feet, are heavily tufted; this is valuable for aquatic gardens. 75 cents each. PIPER Futo-Kadsnro. One of the Peppers from Japan. A variety not common. 35 cents each. $ per dozen. P. nigrum. Black Pepper Plant. A vine (like the above) climbing on walls, trunks of trees or other solid support. Produces the Black Pepper of commerce, o f wliich enormous amounts are used. Will grow under the numer- ous cabbage-palmetto groves here in Florida, and can be largely planted. Rare as yet. .$1 each. RHUS vernicifera. The Varnish Tree. A small Japanese tree, which yields the famous lacquer, â so extensivelj' employed by the people of that country for lacquering various articles of fur- niture and small ware. It exudes from wounds made in the tree. This is a close relative of our sumach, and thrives in the South luxuri- antly. 75 cents. SANSIEVERA Zeylanica. The Bow-String Hemp. As a fibre plant this plant has been known and prized in India from remote under the name of Murva. Is extensively cul- tivated in Ceylon, India and the West Indies, where it grows to a height of fiv
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