. 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 sylvestn's (Wild Date). FH(ENIX, continued. 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 most tender species of the genus, but rarely injured by cold in South Florida. 75 cents each. Sma
. 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 sylvestn's (Wild Date). FH(ENIX, continued. 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 most tender species of the genus, but rarely injured by cold in South Florida. 75 cents each. Small plants, 25 cents each, per dozen. P. reclinata.* Natal and Zululand. This species produces an edible fruit; leaves gracefully re- clinate. Very hardy. Cannot be too much planted for avenue or lawn use. Also grown largely as a pot plant for the house. We have a very large and fine stock. (See cut, page 32.) Two feet plants, 50 cents each, I5 per dozen ; 15 to 18 inches, 25 cents each, $ per dozen. P. sylvestris.*- Bengal and Ceylon. The Wild Date. Very hardy and fast-growing. About forty feet in height, ultimately. Berries yel- lowish or reddish. A very useful species,"the leaves being used for mats, ropes and baskets, and the sap furnishing the palm-sugar. The tree is first tapped when about ten years old, and thereafter for from twenty to fifty years. One plant will produce, it is said, about eight pounds of date sugar annually. 50,000 tons of sugar are produced in Bengal alone, annually, from this and other Palms. 50 cents each, $5 per dozen. P. tenuis. The most excellent of all Phoenices, when small. Resembles P. dactylifera some- what, but is more delicate and firm in all its parts. Its color, too, is a pleasing green, and has more of the Islue tinge common to the ordi- nary date. A magnificent decorative plant, and a fitting companion to Kentias, or Sea- forthia elegans. Hardy, and should be planted outdoors in Florida. 25 cts. each, fe. 50 per doz. P.
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