. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. HALF HARDY OR POT SHRUBS. 27 Myrtus Tomentosa. (The Boiony Myrtle.) A very handsome and distinct species, bearing beautiful pink five-petaled flowers, re- sembling in size the Bog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profusion that the leaves of the plant are almost completely hidden, and the branches weighted to the ground. The flowers are followed by fruits about the size of a gooseberry, red in color, and of an agreeable sweetish taste; fine for
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. HALF HARDY OR POT SHRUBS. 27 Myrtus Tomentosa. (The Boiony Myrtle.) A very handsome and distinct species, bearing beautiful pink five-petaled flowers, re- sembling in size the Bog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profusion that the leaves of the plant are almost completely hidden, and the branches weighted to the ground. The flowers are followed by fruits about the size of a gooseberry, red in color, and of an agreeable sweetish taste; fine for jam, etc. It should be growa in every Florida garden for its fruit, and at the North as an elegant pot shrub. Strong plants from 3-inch pots, 30c. each. Oleanders. The Oleanders are too well known to require extended description. No plant is easier to manage; the flowers possess a fragrance almost rivalling the Rose, and a well-grown specimen' is an object of great beauty. Rosea Spleadens — Double pink, a soft, exquisite shade, and very fragrant, pro- ducing its flowers in great abundance. 15c. each; 3 for 40c. Doable Rett—Deep rich color, inner petals more or less marked with narrow white stripe; flower not quite so large as the double pink. 15c. each. Doable White—Beautiful beyond description, forming a lovely contrast with the pink and red varieties. 25c. each. Single White—This is the most profuse flowering shrub we know of, and certainly one of the most beautiful. It loads itself with such quantities Oi exquisite flowers that Uie foliage is almost completely hidden. 15c. each; 3 for 40c; fine large plants, 30c. each. Carnenm — A very free-floweringj and exceedingly beautiful variety. Flowers single, pure white with deep pink lines in the throat, producing the| most exquisite effect imaginable. 20c. each. SPECIAJL OFFER — We will send\ one each of these five fine Oleanders (amount- j ing to 90c.) to any address for only Please note that these images are e
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