. 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. 1194 PALM PALM Munich, 3 vols., 1823-1850, is a standard work. Ker- eliove de Dentergheni's "Les Palmiers," Paris, 1878, is an important work. A popular running account of Palms and the various kinds, by William Watson, will be found in the following places in Gardeners' Chronicle: 1884 (vol. 22), pp.
. 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. 1194 PALM PALM Munich, 3 vols., 1823-1850, is a standard work. Ker- eliove de Dentergheni's "Les Palmiers," Paris, 1878, is an important work. A popular running account of Palms and the various kinds, by William Watson, will be found in the following places in Gardeners' Chronicle: 1884 (vol. 22), pp. 426, 522, 595, 728, 748; 1885 (vol. 23), pp. 338, 410, 439; 1885 (vol. 24), pp. 362, 394, 586, 748; 1886 (voL 25), pp. 75, 557; 1886 (vol. 26), pp. 491, 652; 1887 (vol. 2, ser. 3), pp. 156, .304; 1891 (vol. 9), pp. 234, 298, 671; 1893 (vol. 13), pp. 260, 332. l, h. B. Hardy Palms in California. —Palms grown in the open in California gardens do not exceed in number 20 genera, and numbering about 60 species. The following 17 genera of about 40 species may be found in our best Palm collections, and all these species are growing in the gardens of Los Angeles and vicinity, and may be found throughout southern California in limited num- bers from San Diego to Sauta Barbara. Occasional plants of species not mentioned are found in some old gardens, but are not so plentiful as to be considered in a general list of our hardy Palms. In enumerating these plants they are placed as to their importance, or rather as to their numerical strength in California. Our native Fan-Palms, the Washingtonias, natives of San Ber- nardino and San Diego counties, have been most exten- sively planted, and may be found everywhere, serving, in some instances, a variety of purposes. Fig. 1622. In growing this Palm water is of the first importance. When planted along a street, those adjoining vacant lots often remain nearly at a standstill, except in case of an un- usually wet winter, while those along the c
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