. 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. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES 71 C. revoluta, "Sago Palm," Japan. A hardy Cycad; stem crowned with dark green, pinnate leaves; few plants are more grace- ful or effective; should find a place in every garden. Erythea armata, "Blue Palm," Lower Califor- nia, 40 ft. One of the most exquisite fan palms; fol
. 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. FANCHER CREEK NURSERIES 71 C. revoluta, "Sago Palm," Japan. A hardy Cycad; stem crowned with dark green, pinnate leaves; few plants are more grace- ful or effective; should find a place in every garden. Erythea armata, "Blue Palm," Lower Califor- nia, 40 ft. One of the most exquisite fan palms; foliage glaucous blue; very hardy; a pretty palm, especially suited to small gardens. E. edulis, Guadalupe Island. Resembles the California Fan Palm somewhat, but the stem is more slender and graceful; the leaves are without filaments and of a deep- er green, so that it is readily distin- guished from that variety; perfectly hardy. Phoenix Canariensis, "Canary Island Palm," The most graceful and the handsomest of our hardy palms; leaves pinnate and of a deep, dark green color; one of the most effective palms on a lawn, and worthy of the attention of all admirers of the Palm family; fruit not edible. P. dactylifera, Arabia arid N. Africa, 100 ft. Produces the famous date of commerce; the date palm is dioecious, that is, the male and female flowers appear on differ- ent trees; fruit is secured by suspending the male blossoms in the tree developing female flower: when the same are in the receptive stage; luxuriates in the strongest alkaline soils, where other trees fail en- Erythea armata. Jubea spectabilis, "Wine or Honey Palm," Chile, 40-60 ft. A palm honey, which is very much in demand, is prepared from the sap in its native home; a handsome palm, of spreading habit and with very long pinnate leaves. Kentia Belmoriana, "Curly Palm," Lord Howe's Island. One of the most valuable of house palms; elegant, pinnate leaves; beautiful, even when smal
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