RARE TROPICAL FRUITS AND PLANTS. 15 



NEW TUBEROUS-ROOTED GRAPE VINE. 



A recent introduction, not fruited yet. As it comes from a warm climate — Cochin 

 China — we infer it may require heat to succeed. The vine is an annual, with tuberous roots, 

 and a great novelty. Two sorts — round and oblong. Ready in April or May. $2 each. I 

 expect to recieve a lot of seeds towards spring; price on application. 



OTAHEITE GOOSEBERRY. 



A rare, beautiful plant, bearing large quantities of waxy white berries, growing in clus- 

 ters like the currant ; flavor acid. A most ornamental tree. $1.50 each. 



*OLIVE, FRUITING. 



Beautiful evergreen, half hardy ; bears when very small; very interesting. 75 cts. each. 



*PASSION FRUIT, {Passiflora Edulis) 



One of the most beautiful vines I have ever seen ; foliage and flowers very handsome ; 

 grows very rapidly and does splendidly in the open ground here in the summer ; winter 

 roots in a cellar. Fruit very fine, purple, and delicious. $1 each. 



PINEAPPLE. 



This most gorgeous tropical fruit can be grown and fruited with the most ease in any 

 greenhouse or conservatory, and when in fruit is surpassed by no plant grown. Repot fre- 

 quently during the first year. 

 Black Antigua. Large ; leaves very spiny. 

 Red Spanjsli. Fruit large ; leaves nearly devoid of spines. 

 Sugar-IiOaf. Large ; very sweet. 



J^* Price for fine suckers, $1 each, I9 per dozen ; per 100, $30; bearing size, $3 each. 

 Variegated. Leaves finely variegated ; very fine. $2 each. 

 Discolor. Very ornamental center ; blood red. $3 each. 



POMEGRANATE (Fruiting). 



The Pomegranate, a viney shrub, produces one of the most beautiful and delicious 

 fruits grown. It bears a beautiful flower, and no shrub is more showy than the Pome- 

 granate when in bloom, and when loaded with fruit it is a most magnificent sight. It is 

 almost as hardy as the Fig, and grows and thrives perfectly in the open ground during our 

 long tropical summers at the north, as I know from experience, having grown- them for sev- 

 eral years. I recommend them with great confidence for open-air culture where the sum- 

 mers are as long as they are here. The early varieties will undoubtedly ripen much farther 

 north. Owing to its dwarf, bushy habit, it is very easily protected. Plant and protect as 

 for the Fig, covering a little deeper. Keep the plants low and bushy ; don't prune much. 

 It also makes a fine tub plant, and you should, by all means, grow them either in the open 

 ground or in tubs. ; ~ 



Spanish Ruby (New). Very large — as large as the largest apple ; eye very small ; skin 



pale yellow, with crimson cheek ; meat of rich crimson color, highly aromatic and very 



sweet. This variety really magnificent, and a great bearer. Fine plants, $1.50 each. 

 Paper Shell. Extra fine; skin very thin ; bush dwarf and a good bearer. I1.50 each. 

 Hermosillo. An extraordinarily fine sort. This and the preceding are probably the finest 



sorts grown. jf2 each. 

 Common Sweet, Suh-acid, Sour; jtr each, |io per dozen. 



*ROSE APPLE. [Eugenia Malaccensis.) 



A beautiful small evergreen shrub, said to bear fine fruit with a strong ottar of rose per- 

 fume. S1.50 each. 



SAPODILLA. 



Next to the Mango the best tropical fruit we have tasted ; it is very delicious. Foliage 

 thick and glossy ; a very rare and choice plant, f i each. 



SPANISH LIME. 



A West India tree, bearing yellow plum-like fruits ; queer foliage— compound leaves, 

 with vCinged petioles ; very rare, f 1.50 each. 



*TAMARIND. 



Delicate acacia-like foliage, and small blossoms followed by pods enclosing; a pleasant 

 acid pulp; a beautiful plant. 75 cts. each. ■' 



TEA PLANTS. ( Thea Sinensis.) 



The Chinese Tea is a beautiful plant, with large white flowers and yellow anthers ; in- 

 teresting and easily grown. $1 each. 



