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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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54 Re as onerBros., Oneco, Florida GARDENIA florida. continued. South. Makes a very beautiful ornamental hed^e. Hardy as far north as Virj^iuia. A grand evergreen pot-plant, easily grown, and very popular. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. C< Thunbergia.* S D E. A very rare and beautiful Gardenia from Africa, having large, white, scented, single flowers, eight-parted, and borne on the ends of the shoots. We cannot state positivply that it is hardy, but we think so, in this climate. It is very different from G. florida, in both foliage and flow- ers. Fine plants, 25 cts. to 50 cts. each. CELSEMIUM sempervirens.* V D E. Caro- lina i'ELLOw Jessamine. Not cultivated to the ex- tent it deserves. "Will grow on any land. Quick- growing, and for several weeks iu the spring liter- ally covered with fragrant yellow flowers. One of the very best of our hardy climbers. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. CLYCOSMIS pentaphylla.* * * S E. A shrub with glossy evergreen leaves; belongs to the Citrus tribe, but fruits are of no value. Flowers small. Pot-plants, 20 cts. each. 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. 25 cts. each.
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Hedycliium coronarium. CREVILLEA robusta.* * T D E. Austkalian "Silk Oak. A splendid fern-leaved tree, growing 120 feet in heijrht. Evergreen, and eppecially adapted as a shade tree for South Florida and Sciutii California, as it is as hardy as an orange tree. Also used in decorating apartments, etc.: a magnificetit pot-plant. Strone: plants, pot-grown, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz : larger (about 12 to 18 inches high), 15 cts. each, $1.50 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. 25 cts. each. H. sphaerocarpa.* * * S E. Flowers orange yel. low, and quite distinct from H. patens. 25 cts. each.^ 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 tje house in a growing state, it blooms continuously. 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz.; larger plants may be sent by express than by mail. H. thyrsiflorum.* * * S D E. A new species with broad, handsome foliage. Has not yet tiowereil in America. Introduced by us in 1901. 50 cts. each. HEDERA helix.* VE. The true English Ivy. A valuable and well-known evergreen climber; hardy as far north as Philadelphia. In Florida it prefers the north side of a house or wall. 15 cts. each. HELICONIA Bihai.* * * S D E. Wild Plan- tain; "Balisier." These magnificent plants are natives of tropical America, where they rival even the bananas in beauty and magnificence of foliage. The plantain-like leaves are followed by great scar- let and black blossom-sheaths of the richest tints and colors. Strong suck- ers, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. HEMEROCALLIS Kwanso,fl. pl.**S. Day Lily. A popular, hardy plant, with lily-like flowers in bloom all through the summer; orange-yel- low. The flowers of this variety are double and freely produced. Prefers partial shade. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. HIBISCUS. A genus of most de- sirable ornamental flowering plants of easy culture. The flowers are of va- rious colors, both single and double and usually 3 to 6 inches across. H. mutabiiis.** S. E. 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 Hibis- cus. These showy and well-known plants are among the most valuable lawn or garden plants for Florida. They stand but little frost, but are of sufh quick growth from a well-estab- lished root that even the occasional loss of the tops is not a serious mat- ter. Bank up a few inches in the fall. In the course of a few favorable sea- sons some will reach a height of 10 feet, blooming profusely all the time. Single sorts are better growers and bloomers tlian the double ones. Single Scarlet, Dorble Scarlet, Single Pink, Double Pink, Single Salmon-Yellow (our new sort) and Versicolor, 10 cts., 15 cts. and 25 cts. each. "Peach Blow." A charming pale pink flower, very double. Plant is robust and free-flowering. New. 25 cts. each. H. tillaceus.* ** T E. New, from East Indies. A small evergreen tree with purple flowers and roundish cordate leaves. 25 cts. each.

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