. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 152 PALMS, FOR HOME ADORNHENT. NO collection of plants is complete without Palms. Their bold, majestic yet graceful foliage lends a grandeur and magnificence that cannot be obtained by any other class of plants, and no decoration, whether in the conservatory, hall or sitting-room, is complete without them. Our facilities for producing this class of stock are the most complete in the country, 35 of our largest hou
. Dreer's 1909 garden book. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 152 PALMS, FOR HOME ADORNHENT. NO collection of plants is complete without Palms. Their bold, majestic yet graceful foliage lends a grandeur and magnificence that cannot be obtained by any other class of plants, and no decoration, whether in the conservatory, hall or sitting-room, is complete without them. Our facilities for producing this class of stock are the most complete in the country, 35 of our largest houses—over three acres of greenhouse structure—being devoted to them alone, enabling us to supply all the leading and popular sorts at the most reasonable prices. PALM CULTURE, written expressly for this book by Eben E. Rexford: " In nearly every instance failure with the Palm is not the fault of the plant, but the result of lack of proper treatment. Most varieties of the Palm—all, in fact, that are adapted to house-culture, so far as my knowledge goes—do well in a soil of garden loam made friable by the addition of sharp sand. The very best of drainage should be given. If it is not, the soil is likely to become heavy, and, after a little, sour, and this will bring on a diseased condition of the roots, which will make itself apparent in yellowing foliage and the imperfect development of new leaves. The importance of giving the plant the very best of drainage will be better understood when one takes into con- sideration the fact that most Palms are kept at some distance from the light a good deal of the time, and under conditions unfavorable to the free evaporation of moisture from the soil. Most plants, too, are kept standing in jardinieres, and these assist in keeping the soil unduly moist— really wet, in fact. Often plants are ruined by allowing water to collect in the jardiniere until it comes well up about the pot. Palms are not aquatics, and refuse to flourish
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