. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES. 113. Cycas Revoluta. The Sago Palm. MACROZAMIA. *Macroz,amia spiralis. A very handsome palm with long pinnated shining, green leaves, except at the base where they are ivory white. Leaves and trunk some- what similar to Cycas. PHOENIX. Phoenix Canariensis. "Canary Island ; The most graceful and the handsomest of our hardy palms;
. [Catalogue]. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES. 113. Cycas Revoluta. The Sago Palm. MACROZAMIA. *Macroz,amia spiralis. A very handsome palm with long pinnated shining, green leaves, except at the base where they are ivory white. Leaves and trunk some- what similar to Cycas. PHOENIX. Phoenix Canariensis. "Canary Island ; 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 worthy of the attention of all admirers of the Palm family; fruit not edible. Phoenix dactylifera. Arabia and N. Africa, ioo ft. Produces the famous dates of commerce; the date palm is dioecious, that is, the male and female flowers ap- pear on different trees; fruit is secured â by suspending male blossoms in the tree developing female flowers, when the same are in the receptive stage; luxuri- ates in the strongest alkaline soils, where other trees fail entirely. Phoenix reclinata. "Dwarf Date ; S. Africa, 12-20 ft. Very graceful, droop- ing leaves; very handsome for avenue or lawn use; not as hardy as some of the other sorts. Phoenix rupicola. Himilaya, 15-20 ft. Has wide-spreading, arching leaves, and one of the finest of the genus for pot cul- ture. Phoenix sylvestris. "Wild Date ; In- dia, 25-40 ft. Very hardy and useful, the leaves being used for mats, ropes and bas- kets, and the sap furnishing the palm su- gar in its native country; leaves long, arched and of a glaucous green color; closely allied to the date of commerce. RHAPIS. *Rhapis flabelliformis. "Ground Rattan ; China and Japan. A very pretty, cane-like palm, which suckers from the roots like Bamboo, with many-fingered dark green leaves, borne at the end of the reed-like s
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