. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. PERESKIA ACULEATA. Passiflora. or Passion Flower. The Passifloras, or Passion Flowers, are very beautiful and interestin g climbers, either for pot culture in win- ter or for planting out in sum- mer. All have clean orna- mental foliage and beautiful and exceedingly curious flow- ers which never cease to excite the wonderment of all be- holders. Passiflora Edulis—The Granadilla, one of the best of the eight or ten edible Passion vines, and one of th
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Shrubs, Catalogs. PERESKIA ACULEATA. Passiflora. or Passion Flower. The Passifloras, or Passion Flowers, are very beautiful and interestin g climbers, either for pot culture in win- ter or for planting out in sum- mer. All have clean orna- mental foliage and beautiful and exceedingly curious flow- ers which never cease to excite the wonderment of all be- holders. Passiflora Edulis—The Granadilla, one of the best of the eight or ten edible Passion vines, and one of the most ornamental of all the genus. The vine is quick growing, with handsome, shining, evergreen lobed leaves which are never molested by any insect. The petals of the flowers are white, the crown whitish with a blue or violet base, a beautiful combination. Fruit as large as an egg and purple outside when ripe ; the flesh is yellow and has an orange flavor that is delicious to the taste, cool and refreshing and very fragrant. 25c. each. Passiflora Incarnata (May Pop or May Apple)—This beautiful Passion Flower bears a profusion of lovely purple and white blossoms followed by orange-colored fruits as large as an egg or an apple and filled with a delicious yellow pulp. When cut the fruit will perfume the atmosphere the same as a musk melon. One of the most de- sirable of all the Passifloras for general cultivation on account of its hardiness and MALAYAN Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jessamine Gardens; Pike, Walter N; Ellsworth, W. J; Pike & Ellsworth; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
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