. 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. 52 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. OPUHTIA, continued. Cactus. The plant reaches a height of ten feet, and is very striking as a scenic plant. The fruits are yellow, and are eaten raw, or used for jellies, etc. Perfectly hardy here. The fruit is sometimes shipped to New York from the West Indies. The plant has but few spines. 25 cents to $1. 0.
. 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. 52 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. OPUHTIA, continued. Cactus. The plant reaches a height of ten feet, and is very striking as a scenic plant. The fruits are yellow, and are eaten raw, or used for jellies, etc. Perfectly hardy here. The fruit is sometimes shipped to New York from the West Indies. The plant has but few spines. 25 cents to $1. 0. frutescens. Mexico and Texas. A slender plant, looking like a small Cereus. Produces edible fruit. 20 cents each. 0. leucotricha. Mexico. This perfectly hardy and quick-growing species will undoubtedly prove a most valuable hedge-plant for Florida, attaining a height of two to four feet in two years from the cutting. The oval flat branches are closely covered with long white spines, which are deflected towards the base of the plant, giving it a most unique appearance. Very ornamental, and destined to become very useful in regions afflicted by Florida "razor- ; 25 cents each, $ per dozen. 0. monacantha variegata. Beautifully variegated with white. $1 each. 0. polyantha. South America, West Indies, Matcomba Key, South Florida. Upright grow- ing species. 25 cents each. 0. Tuna. Tuna Cactus, Puicklt Pbae. One of the strongest growing species. A native of Mexico, West Indies and South Florida, also of Ecuador and New Grenada. Employed ex- tensively in Mexico as a hedge-plant, and also one of the principal cochineal plants. Non- inflammable, as are many of the allied species. Branches long, flat and elliptical, with numer- OPUMTIA, continued. ous strong spines. Flowers large, yellow, often with tinge of wine-color; fruit purple, two inches in length, edible; often used in jellies, preserves, etc. Plant perfectly hardy here; said to attain with age a height of twen
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