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A. D. DAVIS & SON, PURCELLVILLE, VIRGINIA 
Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits. 
DWARF or CAVENDISH BANANA. passiflora eduus. 
An extra fine soit ; dwarf, but very strong 
and robust, at- 
taining a height 
of only 4 or 5 
feet. The mag- 
nificent leaves 
look as though 
sprinkled with 
blood. The yield 
of fruit is enor- 
mous; sometimes 
as many as 200 or 
300 Bananas are | 
produced in one 
bunch. The! 
p 1 a nts can be | 
wintered over in 
a dry cellar like 
a canna, or be ' 
kept growing all 
winter, and if ] 
planted out early 
in a sunny place, 
in very rich soil, ! 
will often pro - 
duce a crop of 
delicious fruit. 
A most desirable i 
ornament for the 
Cavendish Banana. lawn. 25 cts. 
RED SPANISH PINEAPPLE. 
This is the Pineapple of commerce, a very ornamen- 
tal plant, and undoubtedly the best variety for pot- 
culture. Fruit ruddy yellow when ripe; flavor sub- 
acid and sprightly, Likes a loose, sandy soil and 
plenty of moisture. Should be repotted frequently the 
first year. It can be easily fruited in a warm, sunny 
window, and the plant is always a subject of great 
curiosity and attention. 25 cts. 
CATTLEY GUAVA. 
This is the most desirable of the Guava family, be- 
ing of dwarf habit and bearing heavily when very 
small. It is sure to fruit well by the time the plant is 
a year old. The foliage is evergreen, thick and glossy, 
and the plant when loaded with fruit is a striking and 
beautiful object. Fruit the size of small crab apples, 
of a golden-yellow color, and very delicious ; valuable 
for jellies. Plant a heavy bearer, and prefectly adapted 
to pot-culture ; sure to succeed with any one, and can 
be wintered in a cellar safely, ready to grow off vigor- 
ously in the spring. Nice plant, 15 cts. 
Guava.] 
This plant is very rare and expensive, even in the 
tropics, but we have succeeded in propagating a large 
stock ol it, and can offer it at a very low price. It is 
a large, rapid-growing vine, producing an abundance 
of lovely flowers, which are followed by fruit the size 
of a goose-egg, and of a bright purple color when ripe. 
These fruits are very fragrant and delicious, cooling 
and refreshing. The plant is worthy of general culture 
for its fruit alone, but it gives besides this a great abun- 
dance of lovely flowers. It sells usually at $1 each, but 
we can supply strong, healthy plants at 20 cts. 
LEMON. 
Dwarf. The fruit is large, and makes the best of 
lemonade. The tree begins bearing when in only 4 
and 5-inch pots, and is very prolific. Every one who 
has a place to grow a Lemon tree should have one, as 
the trees are both useful and ornamental. 20 cts. 
Sicily. This variety bears early, and is particu 
larly adapted to growing in tubs. The fruit is very 
large and juicy, and the plant bears heavily. We 
offer Florida-grown plants, budded on thesourorange, 
from 2 to 3 feet high, and dormant, for 60 cts. 
Japan Loguat. 
ORANGE. 
Otaheite. A dwarf Orange, which grows, blooms 
and fruits freely in pots, even when only a foot or two 
high. The fruit is about one-half the size of ordinary 
Oranges, and very sweet and delicious. The blos- 
soms are produced in great abundance, and are deli- 
cate and beautiful in color, and rich in perfume. The 
plant blooms most freely during winter, though it is 
likely to bloom at any and all times. With one or two 
pots of it any one can raise an abundance of delicate 
and fragrant Orange blossoms. We supply strong 
plants, ready to bloom and fruit at once, at 35 cts.; 
smaller plants, 15 cts. 
JAPAN LOQUAT. 
The fruit is of the size of a plum, yellow and of deli- 
cious taste. One of our most beautiful broad-leaved 
evergreens. One of the finest ornamental plants for 
the house known. Resists gas, dust, drouth, soggy soil, 
and the many obstacles to successful plant growth, well. 
Leaves are large and of a pleasing shade of blue green. 
We consider it much finer than Ficus clastica as a 
decorative plant. Beautiful plants, from 4-inch pots, 
35 cts. 
