Fruit-Bearing and Subtropical Trees and Plants 
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Olives 
Pot-grown plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 25 cts. each, $2 
for 10, $17 50 per 100; 24 to 30 inches, bushy, 50 
cts. each, $4 for 10, $35 per 100. 
Picholine. A variety much esteemed in California 
for its rapid growth and early bearing. The tree is 
also less subject to damage by insects than most other 
varieties, and ripens its fruit in twelve months, thus 
bearing a crop annually. Makes excellent oil, and 
stands as the best for pickling. 
Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Georgia 
and South Carolina for many years, and an excellent 
quality of oil has been produced. A peculiarity of the 
Olive is that it flourishes and bears abundant crops on 
rocky and barren soils, where no other fruit trees are 
successful. 
Psidium lucidum 
(Yellow Cattley Guava) 
Fruit a little larger than the Red Cattley; sweeter and 
of much better quality. It is a refreshing fruit eaten 
raw, and makes the best of all the "Guava Jellies.” It 
is wonderfully prolific. Two years old, 25 cts. each, $2 
for 10, $15 per 100. 
Vanilla aromatica 
(The true Vanilla Plant) 
Strong pot-plants, 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $18 per 100; 
extra strong plants from 4-incli pots, 50 cts. each, $4 
for 10, $20 per 100. 
AZALEA INDICA 
Imported Azaleas 
Plants with crowns 8 inches in diameter, 50 cts. each, $4 for 10; 10 to 12 inches in diameter, 75 cts. each, 
$6.50 for 10: larger specimens, $1 to $1.50 each 
These beautiful plants are becoming more popular every year for forcing, window, store and conservatory 
decorations. These plants are also adapted for open ground planting. The Azaleas which we offer are all grafted 
and have bushy 
crowns, which are well 
set with flower-buds. 
We have about twelve 
to fifteen distinct varie¬ 
ties, double and single ; 
white, all shades of 
reds and pinks, varie¬ 
gated, etc. 
These beautiful 
shrubs are perfectly 
hardy in this latitude, 
but succeed best in a 
somewhat shady situa¬ 
tion and in a light soil 
containing an abun¬ 
dance of leaf-mold. 
They are of the greatest 
value for all purposes, 
either for massing or 
as single specimens in 
open ground, or for the 
decoration of conserva¬ 
tories or rooms. 
If the plants are 
grown in pots, they 
should be repotted 
after flowering and 
before the new growth 
begins. Keep the 
plants sheltered for a 
few days, and then 
plunge the pots in open 
ground in a shady 
situation, or they may 
be planted in an open 
border and kept 
shaded. 
If plants are rc- 
quired for winter 
blooming in conserva¬ 
tory, they should be 
lifted and repotted before very cold weather, and kept in a cool greenhouse. By judiciously selecting the varie¬ 
ties, a continuous supply of flowers may be had from January until May. 
Azaleas are liable to attacks of red spider and thrips, especially if plants are allowed to suffer from want of 
proper watering. Daily syringing of plants kept under glass will aid in eradicating these pests. 
Potting soil should be composed of half peat and half leaf-mold and good loam; abundant drainage must be given. 
A well-fed, tended and pruned Azalea need never grow scraggy and misshapen with age, but should become 
more beautiful every year, as its increasing spread of branches gives room for the display of myriads more of 
flowers. We believe that by following the hints given above, any of our southern customers may own specimens 
as fine as illustrated above. Those who grow Azaleas in the house should remember that the flowers will last 
much longer if the plants are kept in a cool room after they have expanded. 
Azalea Indica. 
CAMELLIA JAPONICA 
These are bushy and shapely plants. All are in thrifty condition and include the best varieties in the trade. 
Our specimen plants, which are all grown in open ground, are from 3 to 12 feet high, and consist of over 100 varie¬ 
ties. We have, therefore, excellent opportunities of testing their relative merits. Camellias arc hardy in this 
section, but much farther north they should be treated as conservatory plants. 
