. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and shade trees, vines, ornamental plants and roses for sale at the Fancher Creek Nursery. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit trees; Fruit; Plants, Ornamental; Trees; Shrubs. 56 CATALOGUE OF THE. PHCENIX DACTYLIFERA, NINE YEARS OLD. (From a specimen on our Grounds.) Erythaea, Armata.—One of the most exquisite fan palms of Lower California ; foliage, glaucus blue; very hardy. " Edulis.—A na
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and shade trees, vines, ornamental plants and roses for sale at the Fancher Creek Nursery. Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit trees; Fruit; Plants, Ornamental; Trees; Shrubs. 56 CATALOGUE OF THE. PHCENIX DACTYLIFERA, NINE YEARS OLD. (From a specimen on our Grounds.) Erythaea, Armata.—One of the most exquisite fan palms of Lower California ; foliage, glaucus blue; very hardy. " Edulis.—A native of the Guadalupe Island. Resembles the California Fan Palm ; the stem is more slender and graceful ; the leaves are without filaments, and of a deeper green, so that it is readily distinguished from that variety. Perfectly hardy, and very ornamental. Phoenix, Canariensis.—The most graceful and the handsomest of our hardy palms. Leaves pinnate, and of a deep, dark green color ; one of the most effective palms on a lawn, and worthy7 the attention of all admirers of the palm family ; fruit not edible. " Dactylifera.—Fruit, the Dates of commerce; the tree is now bearing in many- places in California, and will no doubt soon become highly profitable ; requires plenty of water, but also good drainage ; leaves of a glaucus blue color; a more upright grower than the Canariensis. " Reclinita.—Very graceful, drooping leaves ; very handsome for avenue or lawn use ; produces an edible fruit. " Sylvestris. ( Wild Date). A native of India ; very hardy and very useful, the leaves being used for mats, ropes, and baskets, and the sap furnishing the palm sugar. " Tenuis.—A recent, but very elegant addition to the genus ; it resembles dactylifera in general appearance, but is more slender and finer in all its parts. Pritchardia Filifera. {Brahea Filamentosa.) Native of this State. It is of graceful habit and quick growth ; the leaves are palmatified, with numer
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