. Annual catalogue 1900 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ECONOMICAL, MEDICINAL AND USEFUL TREES AND PLANTS 17 KOLA acuminata.*** ET. Kola XuT Tree. This famous tree is from Africa, and the principle contained in the nuts is now extensively used in many forms medicinally. A small piece of nut, if chewed before meals, is a promoter of digestion, and it is also suppo
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. Annual catalogue 1900 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. ECONOMICAL, MEDICINAL AND USEFUL TREES AND PLANTS 17 KOLA acuminata.*** ET. Kola XuT Tree. This famous tree is from Africa, and the principle contained in the nuts is now extensively used in many forms medicinally. A small piece of nut, if chewed before meals, is a promoter of digestion, and it is also supposed to improve the flavor of anything eaten after it, and even to render putrid water drinkable. Powdered Kola is applied to cuts. Large plants, pot-grown, 50 cts. each, .?5 per doz. LAWSONIA alba.**ES. The famous Henna Bush of the Orient. Also famous as the Camphire of Solomon. It is in ancient repute as a cosmetic. Leaves are powdered and made into a paste, used for coloring finger-nails, hair and beard, especially in Egypt. The flowers are scented somewhat like roses, and are sold in Cairo and other cities. Blooms when small. Nice pot-plants, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. MARANTA arundinacea.^ E S. Bermuda Arrow root Plant. It is easily cultivated along the Gulf coast, and there should be a good margin of profit in growing it extensively. It is a plant with broad leaves, growing about 2 feet high, 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. Good roots. MYRICA cerifera.-ET. Wax Myrtle. A native evergreen, bearing slate-colored berries, from which a marketable w^ax is extracted. Hardy in the entire South. 25 cts. each. PALIURUS aculeatus. * D T. The Christ Thorn of southern Europe. A hardy, low-branch- ing, very spiny shrub ; deciduous ;' valuable for hedges. It is easily grown over the entire South, except where the soil is too wet, and forms a dense hedge. Plant in winter. Strong plants, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. PARITIUM elatum.***ET. Mountain Ma- hoe, or Jamaica Lace Bark. A West Indian tree of