. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. SOME CHOICE CLIMBING PLANTS- 61. PERESKIA ACULEATA. strictly a summer growing and blooming vine. Fine for training around piazzas and windows. 15c. each; 3 for 40c. Passiflora Pfordti—One of the most beautiful and desirable for pot culture, as it begins blooming while very small, often when the vine is less than six inches long. The flow- ers are of exceptional! y large size, often 5 or 6 inches across, the sepals pearly white, the petals broad and of a
. Rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. SOME CHOICE CLIMBING PLANTS- 61. PERESKIA ACULEATA. strictly a summer growing and blooming vine. Fine for training around piazzas and windows. 15c. each; 3 for 40c. Passiflora Pfordti—One of the most beautiful and desirable for pot culture, as it begins blooming while very small, often when the vine is less than six inches long. The flow- ers are of exceptional! y large size, often 5 or 6 inches across, the sepals pearly white, the petals broad and of a lovely violet-pink color. The numerous filaments are of a beauti- ful dark blue, with rings of white near the base, contrasting beautifully with the dark brown color below. 15c. each. Pereskia ^ctileata. [Lemon Vint or Barhatitx * G&oseherry.) A climbing Cactus with true leaves, much like Lemon leaves, but more fleshy, with stout spines at the base of each leaf. Bears in the greatest profusion the most exquisite single white flowers, resembling white Roses, and of almost overpowering fragrance. These are followed by edible fruits about the size of a gooseberry. No one would ever mistrust from its looks that it belongs to the great Cactus family. 15c. each; 3 for 40c; larger plants, 25c. each. "A small Pcresliia Acule-ata Cactus in a tomato can has 27 open flowers. Ithinlc it ImeLy.^—MBS. M. E. C. Pearce, 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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