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Title: Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants
Identifier: descriptivecata1891seve_0 (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Seven Oaks Nurseries; Hoyt, R. D; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Bay View, F. L. : Seven Oaks Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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i6 R. D. HOrT, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA. EULALIA JAPONICA ZEBRiNA. "This is one of tlie most beautiful and distinct hardy plants in cultivation. Unlike all other varie- gated plants, this has its striping and marking across the leaf, instead of longitudinally. It grows from five to seven feet in height, forming a most striking and graceful plant, resembling nothing else that we know of. The expanded flower spike resembles the ostrich plume, and when dried will last for years. Plant en- tirely hardy. Whether used as a single plant or for groups on lawns, it has no equal." 25 cents each, 5 for ;i. Very heavy established clumps in five-inch pots, 50 cents each ; these make elegant decorative plants for the window garden in winter. GYNERIUM. G. argenteuin. The Pampas Grass of South America. On rich, moist land this soon forms mag- nificent clumps, and the large silvery-white plumes are much in demand for bouquets of dried grasses. 25 cents each, 5 for $1. G. roseum. A distinct variety, the plumes of which are tinted rose color. 25 cents each. PANICUM. p. molle. The Para Grass. One of the best pas- ture grasses tor South Florida. It will grow luxur- iantly on ground that is too wet or too poor for any- thing else, and it seems to do equally well on high or low ground. In planting, the ground should be thor- oughly prepared, and the cuttings put in, about two feet apart each way. Afterward the grass should be plowed every spring, when it will last an indefinite time. This grass makes very fair hay, and if used for that purpose and not pastured, it will afford several cuttings during the season. 75 cents per 100, $5 per 1,000. P. maximum. Guinea Grass. Another good fod- der grass that will afford several cuttings during the season. Succeeds best planted in rows and culti- vated. This does not spread as fast as the Para grass, but throws out numerous stolons, which form large clumps five to six feet in height. $1.50 per 100, fio per 1,000. P. variegatum. A pretty ornamental species; leaves variegated pink and white. A very handsome grass for the lawn. 10 cents each. PENNISETUM sp. We received a small package of this grass seed from India two years ago, and planted it in a rich, moist spot early in the spring ; it soon came up, and made a most remarkable growth, throwing out stolons free- ly. It soon covered the ground, and by the middle of August it had attained a height of seven feet. The stems are slender and delicate, well clothed with leaves, and we look upon it as one of the most prom- ising forage grasses yet introduced in Florida. It is an annual, and has to be replanted each spring, but as it seeds freely, this is rather an advantage than otherwise. It is surely worthy of trial. Seeds, per liberal sized paper, 20 cents ; 5 papers for $1. STENOTAPHRUM. S. glabrum. St. Augustine Grass. A valuable lawn grass for Florida; will grow in almost any situ- ation, even under trees, and remains green all winter. When once thoroughly established it makes a beauti- ful lawn, and gro, s so thickly that it will crowd out all other grass and weeds, making it easy to keep the lawn in good condition. 50 cents per 100 cuttings, $4 per 1,000. S. glabrum variegatum. A variety of the pre- ceding, with leaves beautifully variegated white and green. 25 cents per dozen. UNIOLA PANICULATA. " The Sea Oats." A native perennial, growing on the sand beaches of the coast. The flower heads are very handsome, and much in demand for decorative work. The plant seems to thrive equally as well when moved to the high lands of the interior. 15 cents each. The dried flower heads supplied in quantity; price on application.
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GYNERIUM (Pampas Grass).

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