. A descriptive catalogue of fruit and forest trees, vines and shrubs, choice palms and roses. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 72 CATALOGUE OF THE Rhapis flabelliformis, "Chinese Umbrella Palm," 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 reed-like stems. R. humilis, "Walking Stick ; China. 3-5 ft. Very simila
. A descriptive catalogue of fruit and forest trees, vines and shrubs, choice palms and roses. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 72 CATALOGUE OF THE Rhapis flabelliformis, "Chinese Umbrella Palm," 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 reed-like stems. R. humilis, "Walking Stick ; China. 3-5 ft. Very similar to the preceding, except that the stems are thinner and the pal- mated leaves are narrower; one of the most graceful and handsome of house palms. Washingtonia filifera, California. It is of graceful habit and quick growth; the leaves are palmated with numerous divis- ions and whitish filaments; the most desir- able of all palms; should be planted every- where, as it does well on almost any soil. W. robusta. One of the hardiest and most beautiful of Palms; in habit of growth resembling our well-known Cali- fornia Fan Palm, but more symmetrical and spreading, and by far a superior palm: leaves fan-shaped, medium size; no fila-. Erythea edulis. The Guadalupe Island Palm. See page 71 Saba! Andansonii, "Dwarf Palmetto," South- ern States. 3-6 ft. Leaves a dark, rich green, with smooth edged stems; flower- spike rises above the leaves to a height of six or seven feet; this palm resists se- vere cold unharmed. S. Blackburnianum. West Indies, 30-40 ft. A very distinct., slow-growing variety: leaves long, bluish-green, very convex at back. S. Palmetto, "Cabbage ; 20-80 ft. A native of the Southern States and famous for its historical associations and for the imperishable nature of its wood when un- der water; leaves long and deeply divided: the bases of the leaf stalks remain on the trunk until the tree advances in age, when they fall off, leaving a rough
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