. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide. 38. ELEGANT PALMS. These have for centuries been considered exclusively for the rich, the plants usually selling at $ to $ each, and in some cases fine plants of the rarer sorts have brought as high as $1,500 each. It is now known, however, that they are easily grown from seed. Directions for growing printed on the packet. LATANIA B0RB0NICAâThis is the typical palm, and is
. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Seed Catalogue and Garden Guide. 38. ELEGANT PALMS. These have for centuries been considered exclusively for the rich, the plants usually selling at $ to $ each, and in some cases fine plants of the rarer sorts have brought as high as $1,500 each. It is now known, however, that they are easily grown from seed. Directions for growing printed on the packet. LATANIA B0RB0NICAâThis is the typical palm, and is more largely used than any other. Its strong, healthy habit commends it to all and gives it a fitness for window and room culture not possessed in the same degree perhaps by any other. It is the Chinese Fan Palm from which the palm leaf fans of com- merce are made. Per pkt. of 6 seeds 10c. EXCELS A âFrom southern China and Japan. Very hardy. One of the very best palms for house culture in cool climates, forming a fine specimen, standing ill usage remarka- bly well. Per pkt. of 10 seeds 10c. PH(ENIX DACTYLIFERAâA native of northern Africa. This is the palm from which the date of commerce is ob- tained. Beautiful for pot culture, and very hardy. Per pkt. of 10 seeds 10c. WASHLNGTONIA FILIFERAâThis is one of the very best window palms, needing no petting to succeed. Stands dust, dry air and lack of sunshine, and is very ornamental with its elegant fan- shaped leaves of a rich, dark, leathery green. Picturesquely fringed with long thread-like filaments along the seg- ments of the leaves. The plant is a com- pact grower, well adapted to pot cul- Per â LATANIA BORBONICA PALM. ture, succeeding in any situation, and with any treatment thatTwill keep a geranium alive, pkt. of 12 seeds 10 cents. BANANA PALMâ (Musa Ensete)âOne of the grandest and most picturesque of the banana fam- ily. As a solitary plant or in groups on the lawn, it has a majestic tropical effect. The
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