. Annual catalogue and price list of the Royal Palm Nurseries : tropical and semi-tropical trees and plants and rare exotics for the greenhouse or lawn. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. CACTI. 49. OPL'NTIA KRUTKSCENS. OFUNTIA.—Continued. O. frutescens. 25 cents each. O. Ficus Indica. The Indian-Fig Cactus. An exceedhigly hardy and ornamental spe- cies of Cactus. The plant reaches a height of ten feet, and is very striking as a scenic , plant. The fruits
. Annual catalogue and price list of the Royal Palm Nurseries : tropical and semi-tropical trees and plants and rare exotics for the greenhouse or lawn. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. CACTI. 49. OPL'NTIA KRUTKSCENS. OFUNTIA.—Continued. O. frutescens. 25 cents each. O. Ficus Indica. The Indian-Fig Cactus. An exceedhigly hardy and ornamental spe- cies of Cactus. The plant reaches a height of ten feet, and is very striking as a scenic , plant. The fruits are yellow, and are J eaten raw, orused 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 cts. to $1 each. O. fllipendula. O. g"lomerata. O. Kleinise. Mexico. A very hardy sort, with cylindrical joints, resembling some species of Cereus. 50 cents. O. lurida. Very rare. California. O. leucotricha. This perfectly hardy and | quick-growing species will undoubtedly prove a most valuable hedge plant for Florida, attaining a height of two to lour feet in two years from the cutting. The oval flat branches are closely covered with long white spines, which are deflected to- wards the base of the plant, giving it a inost uniqu'i appearance. Very ornamental, and destmed to become very useful in re- gions afflicted by Florida "; 25 cents each, $ per dozen. O. Monacantha. O. polyantha. Found in Florida on Upper Matacombe Key only. O. Pentlandii. A species with Cereus-like stems ; very hardy, though dwarf-growing and delicate. 15 to 50 cents each. OPUNTIA—Co?i//7n(ef/. O. pulvinata microphylla. A very rare species, beset with thousands of minute yel- low spines. 50 cents each. O. pee-corvi. O. Tuna. One of the strongest growing spe- cies. A native of Mexico. West Indies and South Florida, also of Ecuador and New Grenada. Employed extensively in Mexico as a hedge-plant, a
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