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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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R. D. HOYT, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA.
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CROTON. CROTON, Continued. Discolor. Light green, under surface claret color. Disraeli. Bright scarlet, golden yellow and green. Interruptum. Leaves very long ; mid-rib bright scarlet, shading to golden yellow. Irregulare. No two leaves resemble each other ; leaves green, maculated yellow. Liord Cairns. Leaves large, trifolate ; bright green, blotched with yellow. Majesticum. Mottled and margined crimson and yellow. Mooreanuin. Mid-rib and margin of leaf clear orange yellow ; leaf crossed with parallel bars of color. Nobilis. Long pendulous leaves, yellow and crimson. Pictum. Mid rib bright red, yellow blotches. Tortile. Olive green, golden and red markings; foliage twisted corkscrew shape. Undulatum. Glossy green ; crimson and yellow. Veitchii. Large, wide leaves, variegated red. Weismannii. Leaves long and narrow, marked with golden yellow. Crotons, as a rule, do not show their fine colors until they have attained some size. Price of crotons, small, 25 cts.; fine plants, 12 to 14 inches high, 50 cts ; our selection, all distinct, 40 cts., $4 per dozen. CROSSANDRA UNDUL/EFOLIA. East India. A beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrub ; very free flowering. Flowers large, in ter- minal four-cornered spikes ; rich orange red. 50 cts. CUPHEA PLATYCENTRA. Cigar Plant. Flowers scarlet ; constantly in bloom. 25 cents each. CURCULIGO RECURVATA. A good plant for center of vase or as single speci- men. Very much resembles some of the cocoa palms. Good plants, $1 each. DALBERGIA. A genus of tropical trees, native of Brazil and India. Very valuable lor the wood. D. melanoxylon. 75 cents each. D. Sissoo. The Indian Sissoo Tree. Wood of remarkable strength and durability. 50 cents each. DAHLIA. Dahlias do well in Florida, and a well assorted bed of them presents a gorgeous appearance in the late sum- mer. We have a good as- sortment in all colors; sin- gle, double and pompon. 20 cents each, $2 per dozen, $15 per 100. DASYLIRION. Yucca-like plants, native of Mexico. Valuable in groups of plants on the piaz- za or in window gardening. Several varieties ; 75 c. each DATURA SUAVEOLENS. This is a perennial datura, and the handsomest of all; locally known as Angels Trumpet, Giant Ghost Flow- er, etc. Flowers ten to twelve inches long, trumpet-shaped, pure white and with a very delicate perfume. 30 cents each, four for $1. DIEFFENBACHIA. D. Baumanni. A magnificent plant, the great leaves spotted yellow and green. ;i each. D. picta. Leaves a deep green, spotted silver white. $1 and $1.50 each. DRAC/ENA. (Dfagon Tree.) A large genus of ornamental-leaved plants, very extensively grown for decorative purposes ; wher- ever rich tropical effect is desired, the dracaenas will always take an important part. Here in Florida they may be used on the lawn or in the flower garden ; the pots should be sunk to the rim, and only moved under shelter on frosty nights. D. Australis. A fine basket plant, and when well grown it makes a fine specimen plant for pot culture. Small, 20 cents each. D. Brasiliensis. Foliage rich green ; one of the best of that color. $1 each. D. Draco. The Dragon's Blood Tree of the Ca- nary Islands. $1 each. D. Draco spectabilis. $1 each. D. fragrans. Of this fine green-leaved variety we have a large stock, and plants are all in splendid condition. 50 cents to $2.50 each. D. Goldieana. An elegant species ; leaves band- ed dark green and silver gray. $1 and I2.50 each.

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