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Title: Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285742 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings 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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62 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida ROSA, continued. Woodland Margaret. Noisette. White; double; borne in clusters. A vigorous climber. Strong, 1-year-old, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz., ^6 per 100. Heavy, 2-year-old, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $7 per 100. Zelia Pradel. A choice, vigorous climber, -with habit of James Sprunt. Fine white flowers in large bunches.
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Zelia Pradel Rose. ROSA bracteata. * * V E. The IMacaetney Hedge Rose. Small, dark green leaves, with large, single white flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. R. setigera.* V. Variety, " Queen of the Prairie." Double pink flowers, freefy produced only in the spring. A strong grower, which makes excellent stock to graft upon. Strong, 1-year, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz., $6 per $100. Heavy, 2-year, 20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $7 per 100. R. sp. Manetti. Old European Rose largely used for grafting upon. Strong 2-year-old, 20 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $7 per 100. It^Tlie cheap sorts marked "heavy 2-year " can only be mailed at prices per single plant. SANCHEZIA nobilis glaucophylla.** * S D E. A beautiful greenhouse shrub from Ecuador. Leaves glaucous green, with yellow nerves. Flow- ers small; light red bracts. 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. 8ARACA Indica.*** T E. A gorgeous-flow- ered, pinnate-leaved, tropical tree. The blooms are borne in large clusters, and are individually of good size; rich orange-scarlet. Splendid subject for planting in warm greenhouses, or in extreme South Florida or South California. Rare and very beau- tiful. 75 cts. each. 8CHIZOLOBIUM excelsum.* * * T E. A tall, magniticent-foliaged tree from Brazil. The stem shoots up straight, like a palm, with enormous pin- nate leaves (like a gigantic Royal Poinciana), often 6 or 8 feet long. In the young state the tree does not readily branch and it forms a tall palm-like specimen 15 to 20 feet high in two years. In Brazil it reaches a height of over 100 feet. Flowers yel- low, showy. A grand thing for localities free from sharp frosts; even here it has been up to 25 feet high. We have a nice stock of strong, pot-grown plants, 40 cts., 60 cts. and 75 cts. each. SCHUBERTIA grandiflora.* * * V E. A rapid- growing climber, with flowers closely resembling the famed stephanotis. Tropical. 20 cts. each. SCHOTIA brachypetala.*** S E. An elegant plant from Natal, with handsome pinnate leaves and masses of showy pink flowers; splendid shrub for frostless situations. Pot-plants, 75 cts. each. SOLANUM Jasminoides. ***VDE. Potato Vine. South America. Showy climber, always in bloom. Flowers white and yellow. 15 cts each. S. Seaforthianum (azureum). * * * V D E. "Among the shrubbery in the plaza in front of the Governor's palace, in Havana, we found a lovely climbing Solanum, with bunches of delicate blue flowers like wistaria, and bright scarlet berries as large as a cherry." Called in Mexico "Tomatilo." One of the finest blue-flowered vines we know of, being of easy and quick growth and remarkably floriferous. 15 cts. each. S> Wendlandii. *** V D E. An enormous vine, with handsome light green, cut leaves, and prickly stems. Flowers lilac-blue, large and showy. 20 1 cts. each. I SOPHORA tomentosa.* S. A fine shrub with smooth compound leaves, and showy yellow flowers borne in long racemes at ends of the drooping i branches. Hardy along the Gulf. Fine pot-plants, I 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. SPATHODEA campanulata.***TE. A noble African tree, reaching a height of 50 feet, and bear- ing elegant pinnate leaves and large, very showy orange flowers. Newly introduced —1899. Rare. $1 each. SPiRyEAS."^ All Spiraeas do well in Florida. Hardy shrubs, widely grown and very beautiful. They succeed universally. S. Reevesii. White, arranged along the branches like miniature roses. 20 cts. each. S. Reevesii fl. pi. Double white. 20 cts. each. I S. salicifolia. White, in spikes. Delicate small leaves. 20 cts. each. SPONDIAS axillaris.***TE. An East Indian tree; qualities of both tree and fruit unknown to us i at present. Strong grower, with handsome pinnate leaves. Fine large plants, 25 cts. each. STEPHANOTIS floribunda. ♦ * * V D E. A grand old vine, usually found in first-class establish- ments and old conservatories. Leaves smooth, broad, leathery; flowers borne in great bunche.-. pure white, bell-shaped, deliciously fragrant. Fine ' pot-plants, 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz. STERCULIAalata. ***TE. New. Fromlniia. Large, pointed, cordate leaves of striking beauty. This quickly reaches maturity, forming a large fcno shade tree for frostless places. Fine pot-plants, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. S. fulgens. New. From India. 25 cts. each. 1 S. platanlfolia.*T. Japan V^hnish Tree. A I hardy deciduous shade tree, with extremely large, I maple-like leaves, aou of good, round-topped form. I An excellent streei and shada 24 cts. each. STROBILANTHES an;scp):y!!a.* ♦ S i> E. India. Produces a profusion of light blu-? :^owers in early spring. In the open ground in S:uoh Florida it grows to a largre bush, and is unequaled among our spring-flowering plants. A fine pot plant. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.

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