. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1310 PHCENIX and the height above the ground is 4-5 ft., while at least 3 feet more are buried in the ground like a post to keep the exceedingly heavy top in position. The trunk all around and up from the ground is provided with strong Ivs. 10-15 ft. long. In the lower
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1310 PHCENIX and the height above the ground is 4-5 ft., while at least 3 feet more are buried in the ground like a post to keep the exceedingly heavy top in position. The trunk all around and up from the ground is provided with strong Ivs. 10-15 ft. long. In the lower extremity of each frond the leaflets are replaced by long formidable spines, which perhaps serve the purpose of protecting the trunk and the earth of the plant from the attacks of man and beast. The type of the genus, the common Date-palm, Phcpnix dacfytifera, Is the least ornamental of all, and its growth is disappointingly slow. The writer has seen a plant IG years old which just now begins to form a trunk. Well-grown specimens are very fine, but they cannot be considered rivals in beauty of the four kinds which are the subjects of the four following para- graphs. Phixnij- davtiiUfera, var. exceJsa, is much more robust and rapid-growing than the typical Date. The East Indian Wild Date, Phoenix sylveslris, though having the same glaucous foliage as the common spe- cies, is a rapid grower and an exceedingly beautiful and stately palm. The writer has seen specimens 12 years from the seed that had assumed a height of 25 ft., with Ivs. 12-15 ft. long and a spread of the crown 25-30 ft. in diameter. It is perfectly hardy, having stood a frost of 15° above zero, and it grows equally well on high and low land, though its growth is much quicker in fairly moist soil. The stateliest of all the palms that can be grown in the gardens of Florida is the Canary Island Date, Phcenix Canariensis, a species with huge trunk and immense Ivs. 12-15 ft. long, with a spread of the crown averaging
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