. Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs. Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Gelsemium sempervirens. Ficus elastica. Leaves are powdered and made into a paste, used for coloring finger nails, hair and beard, especially in Egypt. The flowers are scented somewhat like roses, and are sold in Cairo and other cities. Blooms when small. Nice pot-plants, 25 cts. each. MANIHOT glaziovl.*** T. The true Ceara Rubber Tree from Brazil. This is useful but not
. Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs. Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Gelsemium sempervirens. Ficus elastica. Leaves are powdered and made into a paste, used for coloring finger nails, hair and beard, especially in Egypt. The flowers are scented somewhat like roses, and are sold in Cairo and other cities. Blooms when small. Nice pot-plants, 25 cts. each. MANIHOT glaziovl.*** T. The true Ceara Rubber Tree from Brazil. This is useful but not ornamental. Strong plants, pot-grown, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. MARANTA arundinacea.* E S. Bermuda Arrow-root Plant. It is easily cultivated along the Gulf coast, and there should be a good margin of profit in growing it extensively. It is a plant with broad leaves, growing about 2 feet high. 15c. each, $1 per doz. Good roots. MYRICA cerifera.* E T. Wax Myrtle. A native evergreen, bearing slate-colored berries, from which a marketable wax is extracted. Hardy in the entire South. 15 cts., 25 cts. and 40 cts. each. PIPER Futokadsura.** * E S. A Japanese Pepper, having red berries and the habit of P. ni- grum, the Black Pepper. It is a climbing vine, ad- hering to wood or stone closely. The leaves are heart-shaped and handsome. 15 cts. each. PONCAMIA glabra.** E T. A handsome tree from the East Indies, having smooth pinnate leaves, and able to bear some frost. Fine for avenue planting. Poonga oil is expressed from the seeds and used for lamps, in India. Rare and interesting. Pot-grown, 50c. each. PTEROCARPUS macrocarpus. ***ET. One of the Indian Rose- wood Trees. Furnishes hard and valuable timber. The gum from the trunk is probably useful in medicine (as Gum Kino). New and rare. Pot-plants, 50 cts. each. RUBIA cordifolia.** E S. An In- dian shrul), which yields a red dye, similar to Madder. Introduced by us in 1901. Pot-plants, 25 cts. Please note that these images are ext
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