. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : for the season of 1890. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 10 JESSAMINE GARDENS, the s!z3 of a silver dollar, crp i ny white, and delightfully fragrant. Perfectly hardy in N. Y. State, but can be treated as a tub plant farther noi-th. Price 25c. each, 3 for 60c. The Pride of India, or China Tree. {Melia, Azedarach.) This beautiful Asiatic tree is perfectly hardy throughout the Southern States, at least as far north as North Carolina. It forms a wide spreading head w
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : for the season of 1890. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 10 JESSAMINE GARDENS, the s!z3 of a silver dollar, crp i ny white, and delightfully fragrant. Perfectly hardy in N. Y. State, but can be treated as a tub plant farther noi-th. Price 25c. each, 3 for 60c. The Pride of India, or China Tree. {Melia, Azedarach.) This beautiful Asiatic tree is perfectly hardy throughout the Southern States, at least as far north as North Carolina. It forms a wide spreading head with compound, twice pinnate leaves, which are very graceful and of a fine dark green color. When in bloom it is completely covered with exquisitely fragrant lavender or lilan flowers. The whole tree has the reputation of being obnoxious to insects; Is planted near stables to keep away flies, and in order that the horses may eat the fallen fruit, which is said to prevent hots. Dried fruit, grain and clothing are said to be protected from vermin if packed away with some of the leaves. We And it begins blooming when only two or three feet high, so it can be successfully grown in a box or tub at the North and wintered in thecellar. Seeds germinate readily and grow off with amazing rapidity. Seeds, 5c. per packet. ^ Umbrella China Tree. (Melia Azedaracb var. Umbraculifonnis.) A sport which originated in Texas, and has become very popular. Like its parent in every way, except that the top assumes a perfect umbrella shape, furnishing the most dense shade, and the leaves. AQUATIC AND BOH GARDEN. hanging on longer. The most perfect thingin the shape of a tree we ever saw. Grown as a half hardy shrub it will prove one of the most ornamental objects imaginable for a Northern yard. Fine little trees 25c. each, a for 60c. Seeds, 10c. per pkt., 3 pkts. for 25c. Aquatic and Bog- Plants. Few, indeed, are aware of the amount of enjoyment to be derived from the cultivation of this class of plant
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