. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. XI. Tillandsias and Succulents. " These, as with all great trees in the tropical forests, were loaded with parasites— vriesias, long, ragged-looking cacti, bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and tJie like. Tillandsias, too, of the kind known as ' wild pines,' sat snugly in the forks or on the upper surfaces of the great limbs, flourishing as luxuriantly a
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. XI. Tillandsias and Succulents. " These, as with all great trees in the tropical forests, were loaded with parasites— vriesias, long, ragged-looking cacti, bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and tJie like. Tillandsias, too, of the kind known as ' wild pines,' sat snugly in the forks or on the upper surfaces of the great limbs, flourishing as luxuriantly as if their roots rested in the richest soil.'"— Mayne Reid. AGAVE. The Agaves are among the most valuable and striking plants that can be used in tropical and semi-tropical gardening. Many of them are useful as hedge plants, and the genus con- tains several of the most valuable fiber-plants in existence. Members of the whole genus are commonly called '' Century Plants.'' They are all of great decorative value, and are uniquely tropical in effect. A. angustifolia. Grows 3 to 4 feet. Very hand- some. 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 each. A. candelabrum. Closely resembles above in size and growth. 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 ea. A. densiflora. 2to 3 feet high, with 3oto4oleaves, when full grown. Brown spreading prickles are crowded along lower leaf edges. 35 cents each. A. deserti. Stemless, about a foot high; leaves very glaucous, iK to 2 inches wide. Strongly barbed. Southern California. 25 cents each. A. horrida. Leaves 30 to 50 in a dense rosette. Height 1 foot. Very spiny. Leaves green, with grey edges. Handsome. 25 cents each. A. maculata. From Northern Mexico. Has 12 to 20 leaves, glaucous green, mottled with irregular brownish blotches. 1 foot. 35 cts. ea. A. mitraeformis. Leaves 12 to 30, 2 to 4 feet long, dull green, having large hooked teeth. 35 cts. and Si each. A. pruinosa. Mexico, to to 20 spreading leaves, pale green, soft and fleshy. Small spines of a pale green c
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