. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ^^^^^ blooms, and of the most delicious fragrance, at times giving a pleasing Banana-like odor. The flowers are pro- duced in such a compact head as to resemble a bouquet. Given a rich soil it biooms profusely ; can be winteted CAPE JESSAMIJSE. Hardy throughout the lower South. Our cut is a very poor representation and conveys no idea of the beauty of either plant or flower. 20c. each, 3 for 50c. Grape Myrtle. {Lagerstrocmia Indica.) What th
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ^^^^^ blooms, and of the most delicious fragrance, at times giving a pleasing Banana-like odor. The flowers are pro- duced in such a compact head as to resemble a bouquet. Given a rich soil it biooms profusely ; can be winteted CAPE JESSAMIJSE. Hardy throughout the lower South. Our cut is a very poor representation and conveys no idea of the beauty of either plant or flower. 20c. each, 3 for 50c. Grape Myrtle. {Lagerstrocmia Indica.) What the Lilac is to the North the Crape'lHyrtle is to the South. It thrives anywhere and everywhere and blooms all summer long. Were it but known what a grand plant it is everybody in the North would grow it. Our cut shows the appear- ance of one in- dividual flow- er, but we leave it to our customers to imagine the appearance of a bush com- pletely cov- ered with large panicles consisting o f scores of such flowers. The CKAPE MYRTLE FLOWER. petals of the flowers look like crape, and the panicles of bloom aee larger than those of the Lilac. It can be set in the open ground in the spring, where it will bloom freely, and in the fall be dug up, put in a box and wintered in a cellar. Or it can be kept in a box or tub the year round. Light Pink—A favorite. 20c. each, 3 for 50c. Scarlet—Very fine. 20c. each, 3 for 50c. Purple—Choice. 20c. each, 3 for 50c. White—Very rare and exquisitely beautiful. 25o. each. Special Offer—One each of the four sorts for 75c. Gleroder^dror^ pra^^rai^s plore pieQO. The cut conveys but little idea of the great beauty of this much neglected plant. It is of low, shrubby growth, with large, tropical-looking leaves, dull green above and dusty appearing beneath. From the axils of the leaves appear compact heads of the most exquisite, waiy, white flowers exactly like miniature Camellia. CLERODENDRON FRAORANS. in the cellar or kept up for winter blossoming.
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