. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. VII. Palms ar)d Cycads. ThjE PRINCES OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM " For it is a joy for ever, a sight never to be forgotten, to have once seen Palms breaking through, and, as it were, defying the soft, rounded forms of the broad-leaved vegetation by the stern grace of their simple lines ; the immovable pillar-stems looking the more immovable beneath the
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. VII. Palms ar)d Cycads. ThjE PRINCES OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM " For it is a joy for ever, a sight never to be forgotten, to have once seen Palms breaking through, and, as it were, defying the soft, rounded forms of the broad-leaved vegetation by the stern grace of their simple lines ; the immovable pillar-stems looking the more immovable beneath the toss, and lash, and flicker of the long leaves, as they awake out of their sunlit sleep, and rage impatiently for awhile before the mountain gusts, and fall asleep again. Like a Greek statue in a luxurious drawing-room, sharp-cut, cold, virginal; shaming by the grandeur of mere form the voluptuousness of mere color\ however rich and harmonious; so stands the Palm in the forest—to be worshipped rather than to be loved.'"—Charles Kingsley. Palms form one of our specialties, and we grow many thousands of plants. They are all kept grow- ing in pots, enabling them to be moved or transplanted at any time, without trouble. We use no heat, and consequently our plants are in fit condition to be shipped every day in the year, and are healthy and stocky. Those marked with an asterisk (*) are the more hardy species, being safe to plant outdoors in South Florida, Southern California, and all along the lower boundary of our country. For outdoor planting we recommend their being set in spring or summer, so that they maybe established before cooler weather. No class of plants makes such a grand display as this, and to hurry specimens into large size, no trouble should be spared in care. Make the soil very rich, by the use of any manurial element. A plant in open ground cannot be fertilized loo heavily ! Where dry, mulching and watering must be attended to in their earlier stages ; lat
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