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Title: Rare Florida flowers and fruits
Identifier: CAT31285644 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Jessamine Gardens; Ellsworth, W. J; W. J. Ellsworth (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Jessamine, Fla. : Jessamine Gardens
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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NEW OR VERT RAKE FANCY'LEAVED CALADI CMS. Baron de Mamore—Very deep green ground thickly specked, spotted and shaded white, more or less suffused crimson; ribs and center of leaf deep shining maroon; ribs bordered maroon and veins and nerves same color. Exceedingly rich and beautiful. 75c. each. Caeapara—Cream ground shaded green toward edge of leaf; ribs deep rich scarlet with border of same color. Very beautiful sort 75c e&ch Chantlnii—Green ground, ribs light maroon, bordered svhite; center of leaf green. Numerous large and small spots and irregularly shaped blotches of a rich, deep scarlet. Striking and iifiQclsoniG 25c cflcii Cream and Crimson—Body of leaf cream, slightly suffused green, marked with light pink spots that are bordered white. Delicately beautiful. 25c. each. Due de Hassan—Deep green ground uniformly spotted with irregularly shaped deep pink blotches with narrow white border;, ribs brilliant crimson bordered light crimson. 30c. each. Guadalajara—Cream ground shaded green, thickly marked with white blotches and spots changing light pink. Delicate and beautiful. 50c. each. Harold.—Medium green ground, spotted and splashed white; center of leaf gray, ribs deep crimson. Magnificent. 20c. Junaro - Green ground with numerous small white spots shaded pink; ribsand center deep crimson. 40c. each. Karmel — Ground work of leaf puckered and crimped, pure transparent white, veined and ribbed with deep velvety green. Looks like a piece of mosaic done in white and green. Simply ex- quisite. A seedling of our own naming. 30c. each. Xunocera—Body of leaf deep metallic green, specked, spotted and shaded rich rose pink shad- ing to rich dazzling crimson at the center. The whole leaf is lustrous and around the border are many intense crimson spots. ALOCASIA ILLUSTBIft, 50c each.
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FANCY-LEA VED-CALADIUMS. Ricbenbachian— Medium green ground, ribs pale pink, center rich rose-pink bordered gray, the whole marked with a few small scarlet spots. 25c. each. Rio Clara—Light green ground thickly spotted and splashed white; center of leaf light violet, ribs and nerves deep pink. 20c. each. Roncador—Pink and white ground, green ribs and veins. Preseuts a chaste appearance. 20c. each. Triumpb de Exposition—Medium green ground, ribs a deep crimson bordered pink; center of leaf light crimson shading off into greenish pink. 75c. each. Wilhaa—Deep lustrous green ribs and veins, body of leaf most elegantly and richly marked in shades varying from nearly pure white to rich rose-pink. While the leaf presents an unusual richness and delicacy of marking, it is heavy'in texture. A seed- ling of our own naming. 30c. each. ASocasias. Rare and very choice foliage plants belonging to the Caladium family aud very striking and beautiful either as pot plants or bedded out in summer. Elegant for vases and piazzas. Ba&aviensis—Has the same general habit of growth as Calad- ium esculentum; the leaves a very peculiar shade of very dark green, while the leaf stems are purplish black covered with a whitish bloom. Very handsome and desirable. Tubers, 20c. each, lllustris—Leaves bright green, but so heavily blotched with black purple that the green appears in the form of broad veins and borders; oneof the most beautiful and striking sorts of all. Attains a height of 3 or 4 feet, and will grow in shallow water or a very wet place. Also fine for pots or lawn. Tubers, 15c. each. Javanicum—Another equally rare and beautiful. Its leaves and stems are of a bluish color; entirely different from the above, and, with its big shield-shaped leaves, presents a strikingly tropi- cal appearance. Tubers, 15c. each. Marshall! i—Of medium size and very quick growing; green leaves and dark stems. Tubers, 15c. each. Euphorbia Sanguinea. A low growing shrubby plant, bushy and very symmetrical in shape. Foliage purplish-crimson, veined carmine, and lustrous. Of free and easy growth, succeeding well either in pots or the open ground and in sun or shade. Late in the season produces loose, open panicles of small cream-colored flowers. A very striking plant. Heavy, bushy plants from 4-inch pots, 40c. each, postpaid.

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