. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Phcenix PH(ENIX. The Date Palms. We unhesitatingly recommend the genus Phoenix for the most extensive cultivation in the open air in the lower South, and for the conservatory and greenhouse North. All are of exceedingly rapid growth comparatively, are strong, healthy and beautiful Palms, bearing several degrees of frost in mo
. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual of Royal Palm Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture), Florida, Catalogs; Tropical plants, Catalogs; Fruit trees, Seedlings, Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry, Catalogs; Fruit, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs. Phcenix PH(ENIX. The Date Palms. We unhesitatingly recommend the genus Phoenix for the most extensive cultivation in the open air in the lower South, and for the conservatory and greenhouse North. All are of exceedingly rapid growth comparatively, are strong, healthy and beautiful Palms, bearing several degrees of frost in most cases, and standing a great deal of neglect. Photographs taken of some of our plants are here shown in engravings. P. acaulus,* The Stemless Date Palm. $i each. rP. Canariensis.* One ofthe finest and most hardy. Native of the Canary Islands. This Palm is perfectly at home, and matures fruit in Florida. (See cut, page 31.) 20 cents each, %i per dozen. Smaller, 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. P. dactylifera.* The common Date Palm of North Africa and Southern Asia. This species has produced fruit on Cumberland Island and in St. Augustine for many years; is well adapted to the soil of Florida. It ordinarily reaches an age of ten to twenty years before producing fruit, but we have known rare instances of trees three and four years old producing fruit. According to Von Mueller, trees from 100 to 200 years old continue to produce their annual crops. Phcenix rechnata. ^See page 33.) of fruit, and it is asserted that in the monastic garden of Bordighera (Italy) there exist living specimens of the Date Palm planted over a thousand years ago. 15 cts. each, ^ per doz. P. farinifera* (P. pusilla). India and South China. Said to stand the climate of Southern France without protection. Berry shining black, with sweet, mealy pulp. Leaves of a deeper green than the common date. A kind of like substance is obtained from the trunk by the natives of Hindostan, which is used for food, h
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