TROPICAL FLOWERING PLANTS AND VINES 
DWARF CITRUS TREES 
All of our Dwarf Citrus Trees are 
grafted on a stock which will keep them 
small to be ideal to grow as house plants 
or to be planted out in warm climates. 
They will flower and bear fruit in a pot. 
Dwarf Calamondin. Resembles a small 
orange. Flowers fragrant, blooms usu- 
ally twice a year. Fruit ideal for cool 
drinks—sour like lemon. Large Plants 
$3.50 to $5.00. 
~ Dwarf Kumquat—Small yellow oblong 
' fruit to 2 inches. Fruit remains on 
tree for a long time. Ideal for pre- 
serves. A good _ specimen. Large 
Plants $3.50 to $5.00. 
We also have Lemon and Orange Dwarf 
Trees. Write for prices. 
HIBISCUS 
Hibiscus are another beautiful tropical 
flowering plant. Plants bloom in a small 
pot, and a collection of assorted colors 
make a riot of beauty when planted out 
in warm climates. We are listing Stan- 
dard varieties grown on their own root 
as well as Rare Grafted named varieties. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
We have the following colors in Stan- 
dard Varieties: Single—Scarlet, Salmon 
Pink, and very light Pink. Double—Dark 
Red, Red, Salmon, Rose Pink, Coral, and 
very light Pink. Small Plants 50¢, Me- 
dium $1.00, Large $1.50 to $2.50. 
RARE GRAFTED NAMED VARIETIES 
Mrs. Earl Anthony. Light single, clear 
yellow. The best single yellow. 
Bride. Large, blush pink, single blooms 
turning to white. A gorgeous plant. 
Mrs. Blair. Large double golden yellow 
with a lighter center. Good bloomer. 
Crown of Bohemia. Golden double yel- 
low, large flowers up to 6 inches across. 
Reddish throat. Very popular double 
yellow. 
Double Yellow No. 4. 
flower of clear yellow. 
double, good bloomer. 
Dream. Large, single yellow with deep 
pink throat. Flowers up to 9 inches 
across. 
Fig Leaf. Single, varying shades of gold, 
pink, to coral, to a dark dubonnet eye. 
Very attractive foliage, bushy grower. 
Beautiful unusual blooms a stand out. 
Ft. Meyers Single Yellow. Smaller blooms 
of single yellow. <A fast grower. 
Medium sized 
Very good 
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Gloriana. Single pink with slightly lighter 
shaded throat. Bloom edged with yel- 
low. Blooms up to 7 inches across. 
Goldie. Double yellow-orange with 
golden veins. 
Mrs. Johnson. Giant, single bloom of 
pastel pink up to 9 inches across. 
Underside of flower yellow. Magni- 
ficient plant. 
Kama Puaa. Large, single, rose pink, 
veins slightly white. 
Maiden Blush. Single, large, bluish rose 
flower with ruffled edge. Flowers 
6 to 8 incres across. 
Minalila. Large, single, white with pink 
veins. Throat clear. 
Col. Parrish. Bright golden yellow shad- 
ing to white with pink throat. 
Ruth Wilcox. Clear single white with a 
yellow stamen. Best grower of the 
white Hibiscus. Good heavy bloomer. 
Sea Cliff. Single yellow with white 
throat. A choice plant. 
Sophisticate. Single white with veins 
pastel pink, to throat. Free bloomer 
and fast, bushy grower. A choice plant. 
Grafted Hibiscus — Medium $1.50, Large 
$2.50 to $5.00. 
Snow Queen. Variegated green and 
white foliage with red bloom. A very 
showy specimen. The variegated leaves 
are a beautiful sight. Medium Plants 
$2.00. 
Holmskioldia Sanguinea—CHINESE HAT 
FLOWER. A willowy plant with me- 
dium sized leaves and clusters of 
brownish red and yellow flowers along 
the sides of the branches, resembling 
miniature Chinese hats. Very unusual 
and showy, will flower in a pot. Small 
Plants 50¢. 
Hoya Carnosa—WAX PLANT. An old 
favorite dark green, fleshy wax leaved 
vine. Produces large clusters of fra- 
grant, waxy flesh colored, star shaped 
flowers, each flower centered with a 
tiny pure white wax star shading to 
deep rose at the eye with thin pencil 
line star of yellow within the rose eye. 
Very striking bloom, new blooms are 
produced on the old bloom stems. 
Does well with support in a pot, likes 
sun. Small Plants 75¢. 
Hoya Carnosa Exotica— NEW VARIE- 
GATED WAX PLANT. We are offer- 
ing this for the first time. Has fleshy, 
waxy leaves. Leaves predominantly 
white, edged irregularly with two 
shades of light green. Leaves slightly 
ruffled. Truly exotic as the name im- 
plies. This new variety is a real beau- 
ty as the foliage is really different. 
Small Plants $1.25. 
SHAFFER NURSERIES 
