. 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. 12 R. D. HoYT, Skven Oaks Nurseries, Bay View, Florida. IIVDIA]^ FIG. {Opuntia ficus Indica). See Cacti. I^OQUAX, or JAPAIV MEOI^AR. {Eriobotrya Japo?tica.) A highly ornamental evergreen tree, with thick, leath- ery lanceolate leaves, the under surface of which is cov- ered with a brownish down, while the upper is a
. 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. 12 R. D. HoYT, Skven Oaks Nurseries, Bay View, Florida. IIVDIA]^ FIG. {Opuntia ficus Indica). See Cacti. I^OQUAX, or JAPAIV MEOI^AR. {Eriobotrya Japo?tica.) A highly ornamental evergreen tree, with thick, leath- ery lanceolate leaves, the under surface of which is cov- ered with a brownish down, while the upper is a dark rich green ; the tree blossoms in winter, ripening its fruit in the early spring ; resembles a plum in size and shape, and is produced in clusters of a bright yellow color ; sub-acid, with a very agreeable flavor Small trees, 15 cents each, ^ per dozen; second size, 2 to 3 feet, 50 cents each, ^ per dozen. OIvIVE. {Olea Europcea.) The Olive was introduced in the southern states over a hundred years ago, but its culture seems to have made little progress until recent years. Importations have been made by General H. S. Sanford, A. I. Bidwell, and perhaps others. Mr. Bidwell's trees, while they had been planted but little over four years, were holding fruit when we saw them last February, and had made as fine a growth as could be desired ; every one knows the commercial value of the Olive, and if its culture proves a success here, as it promises to do, it adds one more to the long list of profitable industries for south Florida. There are a great manj? varieties of the Olive; the one most cultivated both in Italy and California, and the only one we as yet propagate, is the Mcholiiie. The tree is quite hardj^ a good yielder, and the fruit may be used both for pickling and oil. 50 cents to $\ each, as to size ; $5 to $10 per dozen. ;. {Pzmica gran<^Ltum.) Should be more planted both as an ornamental shrub and for its fruit, which when properly placed on
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