. 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. XII. Tillandsias and Succulents. " These, as unth all great trees in the tropical forests, xuere loaded with parasites— vriesias, long, ragged-looking cacti, bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and the like. Tillandsias, too, of the kind known as 'wild pines,' sat snugly in the forks, or on the upper surfaces of the great limbs, flourishing as lu
. 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. XII. Tillandsias and Succulents. " These, as unth all great trees in the tropical forests, xuere loaded with parasites— vriesias, long, ragged-looking cacti, bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and the like. Tillandsias, too, of the kind known as 'wild pines,' sat snugly in the forks, or on the upper surfaces of the great limbs, flourishing as luxuriantly as if their roots rested in the richest ; —Mayne Reid. AGAVE. The Agaves are among the most valuable and striking plants that can be used in tropical and semi-tropical gardening. Many of them are useful as hedge plants, and the genus con- tains several of the most valuable fibre-plants in existence. A. Americana, The Centurt Plant, This species ana its varieties are perfectly hardy in Florida. Known also as the American Aloe; in Central America as Carata and Pita ; in India as Cutthalernar or Banskeora. Besides being a splendid decorative plant, is very valu- able for its fibre. Grows here in the open ground to an immense size. In Mexico the pulque beverage is prepared from the young flower-stalks of this species and A. Mexicana. 35 cents each. A, Americana Milleri-picta. One of the hand" somest varieties. Center of the leaves green, with broad white stripes on the margin. The exact reverse of A. medirj-picta. 50 cents each. A, angnstifolia. A rapid-growing, handsome sort. This and the following varieties are scarce in cultivation, and all are of great de- corative value. 25 cents each. A. candelabram. 25 cents each. A. densiflora. 50 cents each. A. horrida. 25 cents each. A. lophantha. 50 cents each. A. maculosa. 35 cents each. A. mitraeformis. 50 cents each. A. recurvata. A very handsome species, hardy in South Florida. This species flowers in Flo
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