MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
NOVELTIES AND VARIETIES OF SPECIAL HERIT. 
Brazilian Melon Fruit. 
(See cut.) An ornamental fruit 
bearing tree that no one should fail 
to secure. A few years ago we in- 
troduced this great plant 
novelty, and our experience 
with it and the many tes- 
timonials received from 
our patrons, all praising its 
wonderful qualities, only 
confirm our opinion ex- 
pressed when introducing 
it, that it is the greatest 
plant novelty that has ever 
been offered the American 
trade. It is a native of 
Southern Brazil. It is not 
only an excellent and val- 
uable ornamental plant, 
with rich green leaves 
that at once give it a fore- 
most place in the list of 
handsome foliage plants, but it also 
furnishes us with a most desirable, 
egg-shaped yellowish orange colored 
fruit, which hangs pendant in clusters, 
just below the beautiful foliage. This 
fruit is of the most delightful flavor 
imaginable, having a slightly sub-acid 
taste, entirely different from any oth- 
er fruit we are acquainted with. For 
eating out of hand, slicing or making 
Into preserves, it is simply delicious, 
and its lovely appearance in a dish on a table can only be equaled by the fin- 
est of tropical fruits. As an ornamental plant it has few equals. Its splen- 
did bushy habit, healthy growth and charming foliage giving it the preference 
over many of the weaker and more delicate plants of the ornamental class. American Wonder T em#vn 
Mrs. T. B. Shepherd, Ventura, California, writes: "It is a fine shrub, the foliage is large and handsome and tho fruit 
of a beautiful orange salmon color when ripe, and has a delicious sub-acid taste " nanasome and the fruit 
Note.— It is desirable only for house culture and the open ground during the summer months, and must be taken into the 
house at the approach of cold weather. 25c each. 
The Seed.— We can supply the seeds of this valuable plant, and on each packet will be given full and complete cultural 
directions. This is very costly and consequently the packets will contain only a few seeds each. Pitt. 35c. 
American Wonder Lemon. (S . ee cut) An ° the F, fine and valuable fruit for house culture. ' The leaves are a deep 
\J ♦ t A U « 7 r + Sl °j Sy f^ 6n U ^ e *B e ° taheite Orange, are easily kept clean and bright, rendering 
the plant neat and attractive at all times. In addition to this, its waxy white, fragrant blossoms, produced in clusters, and 
followed by large, showy fruit, make this plant at all times beautiful as well as useful. The fruit is verv large of fine 
flavor and superior to the ordinary lemons of commerce, in every particular. You will make no mistake in ordering this 
most beautiful plant, as it is valuable alike as an ornamental plant or a fruit producing plant 25c each 
Strawberry GUaVa. ^l e Q c 0 u n V ^T t w r ol U ? C T 1S tr opi«»l and charming house plant. This is a native of 
, 7 v~ 7 Cub ^ °^ er Y eS i ?£ dia lsl ands. where its fruit is of great value for food, and also for 
making confections, which are exported to all parts of the world. Here, in our climate, it makes a charming house plant, 
rivaling the famous Otaheite Orange in beauty. It is a nice, clean grower, with thick glossv green leaves and like the 
orange, it bears both flowers and fruit at the same time The flowers are pure white and delightfully fragrant. The fruit is 
large nearly the size of a walnut, and of a beautiful reddish color; the flavor is delicious, sweet and spicy, and yet rich and 
YellOW OliaVa. £ 1S veai :. w e have secured and propagated a fine stock of plants of the celebrated yellow fruited 
V Guava, which possesses all the desirable qualities of the Red or Strawberry variety and can be used 
for all the purposes which has rendered that sort so desirable. 
The plants are dwarfer in growth and form bushier tops while 
the; leaves are large and handsome. The fruit is the size of the 
Strawberry Guava, yellow in color and sweeter to the taste. 25c 
each. 
The Otaheite Orange, ^SJSAJBSSA 
we have ever seen, and being useful as well as ornamental, should 
be grown by everyone. It is a very dwarf variety, and blossoms 
and fruits freely when only 12 or 15 inches high. The delicately 
scented blossoms are produced in great profusion. The fruit is 
quite small, being only about one-half the size of the ordinary 
orange, but is very sweet and delicious. For pot culture it is one 
of the most novel and interesting plants of late introduction. It 
blooms freely during the entire season, and one plant will scent 
a whole room. The stock we offer is strong and thrifty. 25e each. 
Kumquat or Kin=Kan Orange. ™ s derf u uiVy ue *£St 
tiful orange is a native of Japan, where it is known as Kin-Kan, 
which means Gold Orange; its other name, Kumquat, is Chinese 
for the same meaning. It bears in the most marvelous profusion 
little miniature oranges, no larger than a damson plum, of a rich 
golden color and glittering amid the dark foliage like burnished 
gold. The whole fruit, rind and all, is eaten, and people become 
extremely fond of them. The rind is sweet and the pulp agreeably 
acid, making a piquant combination. They are also delicious pre- 
served and crystallized. The plants begin to bear just as soon as 
they have wood enough to hold fruit; and are loaded with fruit 
and flowers every year. "We have seen little bushes only 20 inches 
high carrying upward of 100 oranges. A small tree, not more 
than six feet high and five feet across, bore over 2,000 fruits, and 
this is by no means an extraordinary yield for this sort. The 
branches are slender, without thorns, the leaves narrow and oval, 
and the plant assumes a fine shape. As a pot plant it will create 
a sensation wherever grown. 50c each. 
Strawberry Guava. 
