. Descriptive catalogue and price list of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees : vines, shrubs and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical crops, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Miscellaneous Department. 35 AGAVE, Continued. A. rigida sisalana. The Sisal Hemp. This plant was introduced from Yucatan by Dr. Perrine in 1838, and is now naturalized in Florida, and found growing wild on several of the Keys. It is not only a handsome plant, but produces the most valuable fiber known for the manuf
. Descriptive catalogue and price list of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees : vines, shrubs and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical crops, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Miscellaneous Department. 35 AGAVE, Continued. A. rigida sisalana. The Sisal Hemp. This plant was introduced from Yucatan by Dr. Perrine in 1838, and is now naturalized in Florida, and found growing wild on several of the Keys. It is not only a handsome plant, but produces the most valuable fiber known for the manufacture of rope, etc. 10 to 25 cents each. For small plants in quantity, please correspond. AGERATUM. A. Mexicanum. Ageratums may be grown here with- out difficulty in most any situation. Blue Tom Thumb. Of dwarf compact growth; a good bloomer. White Cap. Same as above, with white flower. 10 cents each. Si per dozen. ALBIZZIA. {Acacia Jiclibrissin). A handsome -^shade affd ornamental tree. 50 cents each. A. Lehbek iAcacia Lebbek). "The Siris Acacia of Southern and ^Middle Asia and Northern Africa. Val- uable as a shade tree, and called Woman's Tongue in ;—Reasoner Bros. 50 cents each. A, lophantha magnifica. A very distinct specimen, and one ofTTTe m6st1)eautiful of all ; a dwarf, compact grower, suitable for small gardens. 35 cents each. A. procura. A handsome quick-growing species from India. 25 cents each. A. stipulata. Southern Asia to China, A rapid grow- ing shade tree. 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. A. species from Cuba. Very handsome ; delicate fol- iage and large white flowers. 50 to 75 cents each. A. Saman {Pithecolobium Saman). The famous Rain- Tree or Guango, indigenous from Mexico to Brazil and and Peru. " It attains a height of seventy feet, with a trunk six feet in diameter, the coUosal branches ex- panding to 150 feet; it is of quick growth and in out- line not unlike an oak ; it forms a magnificent feature in a landscape. I
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