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. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 42 JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA. DoWpy Myrtle. (Mi/rtm Tomentosa.) A very handsome small evergreen shrub from Northern India, bearing beautiful pink five-petaled flowers, resembling in size the Dog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profusion that the leaves of the plant are aimost completely hidden and the branches weighted to the ground. The flowers are followed by fruits about the size of a gooseberry, red in color, and of an agreeabl
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 42 JESSAMINE GARDENS, JESSAMINE, FLORIDA. DoWpy Myrtle. (Mi/rtm Tomentosa.) A very handsome small evergreen shrub from Northern India, bearing beautiful pink five-petaled flowers, resembling in size the Dog Rose. The flowers appear in such wonderful profusion that the leaves of the plant are aimost completely hidden and the branches weighted to the ground. The flowers are followed by fruits about the size of a gooseberry, red in color, and of an agreeable sweetish taste; fine for jam, etc. It should be grown in every Florida gar- den for its fruit, and at the North as an elegant pot shrub. (See cut and further description on page 1+7}. Price of fine plants, 15c. each; larger, 30c. each,. and ]jeii}oi)s. Fine varieties of budded Oranges and Lemons tvill be found offered among "Choice Specialties in Plants and Bulbs.''''. 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; Ellsworth, W. J; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
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