. 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. PALMS AND CYCADS. 33 PHCENIX, continued. of sago-like substance is obtained from the trunk by the natives of Hindostan, which is used for food, hence the name, farinifera. Small plants only, 15 cents each, per dozen. *P. humile. A new and but little known species. Small grower. 30 cents each. *P. Leonensis. Remarkably choice, upright grow- ing plant
. 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. PALMS AND CYCADS. 33 PHCENIX, continued. of sago-like substance is obtained from the trunk by the natives of Hindostan, which is used for food, hence the name, farinifera. Small plants only, 15 cents each, per dozen. *P. humile. A new and but little known species. Small grower. 30 cents each. *P. Leonensis. Remarkably choice, upright grow- ing plant. One of our finest specimens is of this species. (See cut, page 32, of one of our plants.) Grows very rapidly and makes the very largest sized trees. Trunks are of immense size, sometimes larger than a flour barrel. Specially fine variety for avenue. Good plants, 25 cents each, $2 per dozen. Very small, 15 cents each, S 1 per dozen. *P. Natalensis. South African species of distinct habit. Small plants, 20 cents each, $2 per doz. *P. Natalensis variegata. White variegated form of above species. Rare. Small plants, $1 each. *P. Paludosa. The Swamp Date. Martaban. A stout, not very tall species. Nice small plants, 25 cents each, $ per dozen. *P. pumila. A handsome and remarkably quick grower ; will grow in any well-fertilized soil, and though not so hardy as P. sylvestris or Phoenix sylvestris (Wild Date). dactylifera, will stand our climate well. Large (2 to 3 feet), fine plants, 75 cents each, per dozen ; smaller, 25 cents each, $ per dozen. Small seedlings, 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. P. rupicola. Himalaya. "This is one of the most exquisitely graceful among Palms, and in elegance takes a similar place to that of Cocos Weddeliana. It is of acaulescent habit, with wide-spreading, arching, pinnate leaves ; a most valuable ;—Saul. One of the tenderest species of the genus, but rarely injured by cold in South Florida. 75 cents each. Small
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