J TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL PLANTS ! 
I Shaffer Gardens Nursery 
NORTH HIGHLAND \VENUE 
CLEARWATER, 
FLORIDA 
Beautiful, interesting, unusual or odd house plants in cold climates. Can be planted in the open ground 
in summer and in tropical countries. TRY SOME OF THESE PLANTS THIS YEAR. 
Plants listed as small, sent by mail prepaid. Medium and large plants sent by express—not prepaid. 
Minimum plant orders at these prices, $1.00. 
ORANGE TREES. Grown from Prepaid Not Prepaid 
seed. With their bright evergreen Small Med’m Large 
foliage make an attractive pot plant each each each 
for the north. ___ .15 .25 .50 
PUNK TREE Melaleuca leueaden- 
dron. Thick, spongy, almost white 
bark, pendulous branches, oblong 
leaves, spikes of creamy white flow- 
ROYAL POINCIANA Poinciana re¬ 
gia. Dense feathery mass of leaves. 
Blooms orange scarlet 2 to 3 inches 
across literally hiding the leaves. .... 
SOAPBERRY TREE Sapindus mu- 
korossl. Bright green compound 
leaves and seeds coated with a fatty 
substance used by the natives as a 
nature prepared soap. _. 
WOMAN’S TONGUE TREE Albiz- 
zi;i julibrissin. Beautiful feathery 
foliage and fragrant pink powder 
puff like flowers. _ 
FLOWERING SHRUBS 
ABELIA GRAND!FLORA. Leaves 
small, metallic bronze in winter. 
Flowers pinkish white.. 
ACACIA FARNES1 ANA OR POPI 
NAC. Very fine pinnate foliage giv¬ 
ing a thin airy effect... 
ANGEL’S TRl MPET Datura arbo- 
rca. The large, pendulous, trumpet¬ 
shaped white flowers, six inches 
wide open in the evening, and are 
as fragrant as the jasmine._ 
AZALEA INDIC'A FORMOSA. Ro¬ 
bust growers, midseason, lavender 
flowers..... 
BOTTLE BRUSH Callistemon rigi- 
dus. Thick, narrow, sharp pointed 
leaves, dense spikes, large, red flow¬ 
ers. _ 
BRAZILIAN PEPPER Scliinus te- 
rebinthifolius. Dark green leaves. 
Red berries in clusters about Christ¬ 
mas time. Can be used like holly. 
BUTTERFLY BUSH Buddleia. 
White, blue and yellow varieties. 
Fast growing with light green 
leaves, more or less silver under¬ 
neath. 
CAPE 
I LORI 
leaves, 
blooms 
none. 
FLOWERING AND DECORATIVE 
TREES 
AUSTRALIAN PINE, Beefwood or 
Prepaid 
Not Prepaid 
She-oak (Oasuarina). Odd, fine, fea- 
Small 
Med’m 
Large 
ther-like, jointed, slender branched, 
each 
each 
each 
dark green, leafless, trees of strik¬ 
ing appearance. C. cuniiinghamiana 
will s'and temperatures of 18° to 
20° F. C. equisetifolia will stand 
stilt spray. .. . .. . 
.10 
.25 
.50 
AUSTRALIAN SILK OAK Grevil- 
leu robusta. Very finely cut. fern¬ 
like leaves. A beautiful pot plant 
and an attractive shade tree in Flor¬ 
ida and California with brigt orange 
flowers_ _ 
.15 
.35 
.75 
BANANA SHRUB Michelia fusca- 
ta. Small leaves shaped like the 
largo magnolia. Yellowish brown 
flowers perfumed like bananas. — 
.25 
.50 
2.00 
BANYAN TREK Ficus bengalensis. 
Largo attractive, prominent nerved 
leaves: rooting from the branches; 
red fruits. ....— 
.25 
.50 
1.00 
BULL’S HORN ACACIA. Fine fea¬ 
thery foliage, odd, curious bull’s 
horn-like thorns in leaf axils, flow¬ 
ers yellow followed by attractive 
dark brown seed pods . ..— 
.50 
LOO 
BUSH CHERRY Eugenia hooker- 
iana. Can be sheared like bay trees. 
Pink small cherry-like fruit. - - 
.20 
.35 
.75 
CAMPHOR T R E E Cinnamomum 
camphora. Evergreen tree with 
light green shining leaves which 
havo a camphor-like odor. 
.35 
.50 
CHINA-BERRY OR PRIDE OF 
INDIA Melia azedarach. Makes a 
beautiful umbrella shaped, dark 
green, very dense tree. Small lilac 
flowers. .. . - . .. - . 
.10 
.35 
.75 
DAHOO.N HOLLY Ilex cassine. 
Leaves evergreen. Tree covered in 
fall with red berries. Native Flor¬ 
ida Holly. 
.10 
.50 
1.00 
EUCALYPTUS. Fast, growing trees 
with beautiful foliage. 
.15 
.50 
1.00 
INDIA RUBBER PLANT Ficus 
elastica. Very large, long, pointed, 
shining, dark green, smooth leaves. 
.25 
.50 
1.00 
JACARANDA OVAL1FOLIA. Fern- 
liko foliage, flowers lavender-blue in 
largo panicles, very showy. 
.25 
.50 
1.00 
JERUSALEM THORN Parkinsonia 
aculeata. Small thorny interesting 
tree with g:-een bark, pendulous 
branches bearing long n a r r o w 
leaves. A mass of bright yellow 
flowers in spring. 
.15 
.35 
.75 
LAUREL LEAVED It l BRER Fi¬ 
cus nitidn. A beautiful, wax-like, 
dark green, small leaved species. 
.25 
.50 
1.00 
MAGNOLIA GRANDII LORA. Tall 
stately, evergreen, glossy, leaved 
tree, with huge, whit e, fragrant 
flowers six inches or more across. 
MOUNTAIN EBONY Bauhinia pur¬ 
purea. Covered in spring time with 
orchid-liku r o s y purple flowers. 
Roundish gieen haves. 
.511 
1.00 
.20 
JASMINE OR GARDENIA 
DA. Dark glossy green 
wonderful large white waxy 
with perfume second to 
The old double flowered jas¬ 
mine of the South. 
CHERRY LAUREL Laurocerasus 
caroliniana. Beautiful, gloss y, 
broad leaved evergreen, easily shear¬ 
ed into shape. 
CHINESE PRIVET. Small bright 
green leaves, can be sheared into 
almost any shape. 
CHINESE HIBISCUS II. rosa-sinen- 
sis. The large flowered hibiscus 
found in almost every door-yard in 
Florida. Single scarlet, salmond, 
I,:;lit pink, varieties._ 
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