. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. b. fUKfUREA. S. VARIOLARIS. S. RUBRA. S. FLAVA. GROUP OF PITCHER PLANTS. Sarracenia Psittacina.—A dwarf sort -with leaves two to four inches long, the ends shaped like a parrot's beak, marked with white spots and reticulated with purple veins. Very distinct. each. Sarracenia'Drummondii Alba. — An exceedingly beautiful and highly prized sort and so rare that we vvere requested to furnish specimens of it to the Botanic Garden at Cambridg
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. b. fUKfUREA. S. VARIOLARIS. S. RUBRA. S. FLAVA. GROUP OF PITCHER PLANTS. Sarracenia Psittacina.—A dwarf sort -with leaves two to four inches long, the ends shaped like a parrot's beak, marked with white spots and reticulated with purple veins. Very distinct. each. Sarracenia'Drummondii Alba. — An exceedingly beautiful and highly prized sort and so rare that we vvere requested to furnish specimens of it to the Botanic Garden at Cambridge, Mass. The upper portion of the erect, trumpet- shaped pitchers pure white, variega ed with reticulated purple veins. The pitchers grow two feet high and its highly colored flowers are three inches across. 25c. each. SPECIAL OFFER.—TTciC!?! ^end one each of the ahovefim Pitclicr I'hmts, niimn iil i mj la floe, for only 65c. Grown aU Imiilhir in n slnillmr jiol orpan, the tallest grou'ing OHeasct in the ccnti^); thry form one of the most unique, interestiiig and beautifiil ohjeets imafiinahlc. Thalia Divaricata. We are not aware that the Thaliaa have ever been offered by Northern florists. They are ap- preciated in Europe where they are used in sub- tropical bedding with grand effect, but in America are prac tically unknown. This species is a native of Florida and is a magnificent orna- mental leaved plant deserving of extensive cul- tivation, [t forms large clumps, as shown in the cut, sometimes reacliing a height of ten feet, surmounted by pauicled spikes of small purple flowers. We saw it growing on the grounds of a customer in New York, and measured one clump which was over feet tall with leaves 10}^ inches wide by 3 feet and 1 inch long. In general appearance it resembles the Canna, to which it is closely related, but is much more tropical looking. It will grow on ordinary soil, or in shallow water (like the Cat-tail), and" may be treated in every respect
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