. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. CITRUS TRIFOLIATA, THE NEW HARDY ORANGE. "The Coming Hedge Plant." An Orange as hardy as a Lil c must meet with an enthusiastic welcome from all flower lovers. This we have in the above extremely curious and beautiful Japanese Orange which lias proved perfectly hardy^/ii't/iOift any proteciion —as far north as New York, Philadelphia and Illinois. Has wintered .safely in the opeu ground the past two winters in Maine and Michigan, an
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. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits : season of 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. CITRUS TRIFOLIATA, THE NEW HARDY ORANGE. "The Coming Hedge Plant." An Orange as hardy as a Lil c must meet with an enthusiastic welcome from all flower lovers. This we have in the above extremely curious and beautiful Japanese Orange which lias proved perfectly hardy^/ii't/iOift any proteciion —as far north as New York, Philadelphia and Illinois. Has wintered .safely in the opeu ground the past two winters in Maine and Michigan, and by comj/etent judges is believed to be perfectly hardy in every portion of the United States. In the parks of New York and Philadeliihia, and in the government grounds at Washington, it has been grow- ing unprotected for years, where it annually blooms and fruits in a most profuse manner. It differs from other Oranges, in having trifoliate or clover-shaped leaves, larger and finer blooms than any other sort, and produced over a much longer season, frequently blooming two and three times during the summer. The fruit is orange-red, about the size of a Mandarin Orange, and makes an excellent marmalade; and the juice, like that of the Lemon, affords a refreshing drink. It is a dwarf plant, forming a beautiful shrub from four to twelve feet high. And the magnifice't appear- ance on the lawn of such a plant in full bloom, or weighed down by its brilliant and no less ornamental fruits, we leave to the imagination. Can be grown as a pot or tub plant, and wintered in the cellar, or made to bloom in winter. As a stock on which to bud and dwarf the larger growing varieties it is all that can be desired. As a hedge plant the value of this Orange will be unlimited. The following extracts are from an unimpeachable source, and cannot Le questioned. Prof. W. F. Massey, of the N. C. College of Agriculture, writes in the Or- chard and Garden: "We have no doubt that the hedge plant of al