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Title: Annual catalogue 1900 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs
Identifier: CAT31284670 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Oneco, Fla. : Royal Palm Nurseries, Reasoner Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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44 REASONER BROS., ONECO, FLORIDA
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Hedychium coronarium—tlie "Ginger Lily. CLEDITSCHIA ferox.* » T E. Native country unknown. A hardy tree, 30 to 50 feet high, thickly beset with strong, branching thorns; closely related to our *' Honey Locust." 30 cts. each. COLDFUSSIA anisophylla.* * S D E. India. Produces a profusion of light blue flowers in early spring. In the open ground in South Florida it grows to a large bush, and is unequaled among our spring-flowering plants. A fine pot-plant. 15c. ea. CORDONIA lasianthus.* T E. Loblolly Bay. A native tree that should be more cultivated. A handsome evergreen shrub or tree, with lovely snow-white flowers, 3 inches in diameter, produced all summer. Will bloom when very small. Hardy as far north as Virginia, perhaps farther. 25c. ea. CREVILLEA robusta.* * T D E. Australian " Silk Oak." A splendid, fern-leaved tree, grow- ing 120 feet in height. Evergreen, and especially adapted as a shade tree for South Florida and South California, as it is as hardy as an orange tree. Also used in decorating apartments, etc.; a magni- ficent pot-plant. Strong plants, 10 cts. each, 90.cts. perdoz.; large and fine, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; selected, 18 inches to 2 feet, 20 cts. each, I2 per doz. HAMELIA patens.* * * S E. West Indies; South Florida, along the coast. The leaves have a purplish hue at some seasons of the year, and the flowers are of a bright orange-red color. 25c. each. H. sphasrocarpa.* * * S E. Flowers orange- yellow, and quite distinct from H. patens. 25c. ea. HEDYCHIUM coronarium.***S D E. Ginger Lily, Butterfly Lily. This magnificent plant flourishes best on low, moist land, where it will form a dense clump 3 to 4 feet high. The roots are tuberous, and the plant may be safely grown over the entire South. The masses of fragrant, pure white flowers, looking much like large white butter- flies, are borne in large clusters, terminal on every stalk. If kept in the house in a grow- ing state, it blooms continuously. 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz.; larger, 15 cts. to 25 cts. each. HEDERA helix.* VE. The true English or Kenilworth Ivy, A valuable and well-known evergreen climber ; hardy as far north as Phila- delphia, In Florida it prefers the north side of a house or wall. 15 cts. each. HELICONIA Bihai. * * * S D E. Wild Plantain; "Balisier." These magnificent plants are native of trop- ical America, where they rival even the bananas in beauty and magnifi- cence of foliage. The plantain-like leaves are followed by great scarlet and black blossom-sheaths of the richest tints and colors. Strong suck- ers, 25 cts, each ; large plants, as specimens, pot-grown, 50 cts., 75 cts. and %i each, HEMEROCALLIS Kwanso.* * S. Day Lily. A popular hardy plant, with lily-like flowers in bloom all through the summer; orange-yellow. 15 cts, each. H. Kwanso fl. pl.**S, Flowers double. 30 cts. each. HIBISCUS. A genus of most de- sirable ornamental flowering plants of easy culture. The flowers are of various colors, both single and dou- ble, and usually 3 to 6 inches across. H. mutabllis.**SE, The "Cot- ton Rose," or "Confederate Rose." A half-hardy large shrub, with maple-like leaves. Flowers are large (3 inches in diameter), double, white in the morning, turning pink at midday, and finally becoming rich red by evening. A curious and beautiful plant. 35 cts. each, H. Rosa-Sinensis. * * * S D E. Shoe-black Plant, Chinese Hibiscus. These showy and well-known plants are among the most valuable

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