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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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22 R. D. HOrr, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA.
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ECHITES, Continued. K. Andrewsii. Matacomba and Long Key, probably also on some of the adjacent islands. Leaves wax like; flowers rich golden yellow, resembling the Allamanda, but a little smaller. Large plants, 50 cents. E. paludosa. Flowers white, tinged with pink, very delicate and beautiful ; in cultivation it requires an abundance of water. 50 cents each; one of each for 85 cents. ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER. This is a very popular plant in the south, where it is known under a variety of names. Trumpet Vine, Bignonia, etc. Flowers scarlet orange, produced in profusion from the ends of the branches ; leaves pinnate, and of a beautiful dark green. An elegant plant for training in front of a piazza. 50 cents each. FICUS. F. Ijarbata. An elegant plant for covering walls in conservatories, or may be trained around inside a bay-window ; the leaves are long, pointed, and of the richest green. 4ocents each. F. stipulata. The correct name of the little creep- ing plant usually sold under the name oi Ficus repens. A very useful plant in any collection, as it will attach itself to anything it is given to climb on. 10 cents each. GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS. The Carolina Yellow Jessamine. Exactly why this —one of the most elegant evergreen climbers we know of—has not been introduced to the public, we are at a loss to know. Probably some big northern florist is holding it in reserve to bring out sometime as a leading " novelcy " at big prices. Our cut re- presents the plant and flowers much better than we can describe it. The flowers are the very richest golden yellow, and the foliage is thick and glossy and of the deepest green. A specimen vine which we have on our place is completely covered in spring with ihvn- sands of its beautiful flowers, which last several weeks. At the north it may be grown in a large pot or box, and wintered either in the greenhouse or cellar ; or if laid down and covered with straw it may carried through outside as far north as Philadelphia. Strong plants by mail, 20 cents each ; three for 50 cents, seven for jSi. HEOERA. H. helix. The English or Ke nil- worth Ivy. A well- known hardy climb- er ; will grow here in any situation, but a northern exposure is preferable. 25 cents. H. helix varie- gata. Leaves varie- gated with white. 25 cents each. HOYA. Wax Plant. This is a very beautiful and interesting genus, and is suitable for growing in a variety of situations. In the south they may be trained to the rafters of the piazza roof, or against any shady wall. At the north the back wall of a greenhouse, or the sides of the plant window are favorable locations. They do not seem particular as to soil, and will thrive on a damp brick wall after they have become estab- lished, and the old roots in the soil removed. H. cariiosa. A well-known greenhouse climber, with wax-like leaves and flowers which are a delicate pink, and produced in large clusters. 25 cents each. H. cinnamomifolia. A splendid species from Java ; leaves very large, and nearly a quarter of an inch thick. Flowers large, yellow and dark purple. This is a very rare species. I1.50 each. H. imperialis. Another rare and beautiful plant; leaves long, light green, downy on the under surface. Flowers reddish-brown, fully three inches across, thick and waxy. $1 each. H. mollis and H. viridiflora are new sorts that we have just introduced in our greenhouses, and as they have not flowered yet, we cannot r'sscribe them. H. mollis has very beautiful foliage. Either of them 50 cents each ; or the set of five Hoyas for $3.25. IPOM/EA. I. Bona-nox. The true Moon Flower, As we haven't room for about a half page of synonyms that this plant has been sailing under for the last year or so, we omit them entirely ; they are only confusing anyway.. As its name implies, it is a night-blooming species, the large white flowers closing with the ris- ing of the sun. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. I. Michauxii. The Blushing Moon-Flower. An elegant tuberous-rooted species, and a most rampant grower ; flowers a beautiful blush pink, shading to rich purple in the throat, they open just before sundown, presenting a most beautiful appearance. The large leaves are very curiously wrinkled and crimped. Good tubers, 20 cents each. I. paiidurata. Another beautiful tuberous-rooted species. Flowers pure white, and remain open all day. This species is perfectly hardy at the north, and may be left in the ground all winter ; will be sure to give satisfaction. Large tubers, 15 to 25 cts. each. I. pes-caprse. The Goat's Foot Ipomsea. A na- tive species growing on the sand beaches near the sea-shore ; will grow in any situation. 15 cents each. I. Quanioclit. The Cypress Vine. Red and white. 10 cents each. I. sinuata. A native species, and one of the most beautiful of all. The flowers are pure white, with rosy center, opening in the morning and remaining open all day ; the leaves are delicately lobed and cleft; most desirable. 15 cents each.

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