. Annual catalogue and price list of the Royal Palm Nurseries : tropical and semi-tropical trees and plants and rare exotics for the greenhouse or lawn. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. 54 REASONER BROS., MANATEE, FLORIDA. XII. TiLLANDSIAS BrOMELIADS. " These, as with all great trees in the tropical forests, zvere loaded with parasites— vriesias, lo?ig ragged-looking cact , bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and the like. Tilland- sias, too, of the kind
. Annual catalogue and price list of the Royal Palm Nurseries : tropical and semi-tropical trees and plants and rare exotics for the greenhouse or lawn. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. 54 REASONER BROS., MANATEE, FLORIDA. XII. TiLLANDSIAS BrOMELIADS. " These, as with all great trees in the tropical forests, zvere loaded with parasites— vriesias, lo?ig ragged-looking cact , bromelias, epiphytal orchids, and the like. Tilland- sias, too, of the kind known as ' wild pines ' sat snugly in the forks, or on the upper sur- faces of the great limbs, flourishing as luxuriantly as if their roots rested in the richest soil.''''—Mayne Reid. ANANASSA sativa. (See Tropical Fruit Plants.) BILLBBRGIA splendens. |i each. TILLANDSIA Bartramii. A small neat species, with brilliant red bracts and purple flowers. 25 cents each. T. bracteata. One of the largest Wild Pines or Air Plants. Full-grown plants are one to two feet in diameter and height, spikes often eighteen inches or more in length ; the large brilliant crimson bracts and flower stalk, and purple blossoms, are very showy, and remain beautiful for weeks. A most valuable plant for conservatory or bay window, enduring a low temperature, (though but little frost,) requiring no care except an occasional spraying. Attach to wood, or hang in a small wire basket. Very small, 5 cents each, 50 cents per dozen ; large, 25 cents each. T. bulbosa. Not native above the Caloosa- hatchie river. Very odd and pretty. Leaves six to ten inches in length, often faintly striped cross-wise like the x^r^ Zebrina ; base of the plant bulb-like. 25 cents each. T. csespitosa. A species with long grass- like leaves, varying in color from grey to red ; usually found in swamps and moist places, most frequently on the "Pop-Ash " or Swamp Ash. 10 cents each. T. Cubana (?). A grand species from Cuba,
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