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Title: Annual catalogue 1899 native and exotic plants, trees, shrubs
Identifier: CAT31283907 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Citrus fruit industry Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Oneco, Fla. : Royal Palm Nurseries, Reasoner Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Phoenix redinata. PHCENIX, continued. young plants, no character, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. Larger, showing character leaves, and 15 inches high, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. Selected specimens, good character leaves, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. Best 3 feet specimens, fi to $1.50 each. P. sylvestris.* The Wild Date of India. Very hardy sort, resembling the commercial Date in color of leaves and habit of growth. A fair variety for pots. It is of quick growth, and does nobly in the open ground in the region of the Gulf and westward to middle California. Fine small plants, 7 to 10 inches high, 15 cts. each, $1.30 per doz.; larger, with character leaves, 50 cts. each. PRITCHARDIA filifera.* California Fan Palm. Considerably used for growth in pots, although rather coarse for this purpose. It is hardy, and has white threads curling from the leaves and stems. Does well all along the Gulf coast, but is difficult to grow in South Florida, evidently needing a heavy, rich soil. Youngplants, commencing to show character, 25 cts. each. P. Pacitica.* * D. A rare, tropical Fan Palm from the South Seas. Leaves are large and droop- ing, of a light green color. Very desirable for a pot-plant where the temperature does not drop below 6o°. It prefers 700 to 850. Does well in ex- treme South Florida outdoors. Fine plants, com- mencing character, 16 to 18 inches high, Si each, $10 per doz. Smaller but excellent, 50 cts. and 75 cts. each. * PTYCHOSPERMA Alexandra;.* * D. A beautiful, smooth, pinnate-leaved Palm from the Eastern Archipelago. Resembles Seaforthia elc- gans. The leaves are silvery on the under side. Nice plants.no character, 30 cts. each; with char- acter, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. RHAPIS flabelliformis.* D. China and Ja- pan. A hardy little cane Palm, suckering from the roots like the bamboo, and forming a dense S. Adansoniij of larger size. clump. The leaves are small, fan-leaved and ex- tremely elegant. It needs shade to succeed. This never exceeds a height of 5 feet. Large plants, $1 each. SABAL Adansonii.* D. The Dwarf Pal- metto, or Blue Palm of Florida and Georgia. A stemless species, with dark, blue-green fan leaves, reaching 4 or 5 feet in height. It is particularly hardy, standing a temperature of io° without in- jury. Leaf stems are unarmed. Small, 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz. Better, 20 cts. each. S. Blackburniana.* From Bermuda ; finally reaching a height of 20 to 25 feet. Very distinct. Fair-sized plants, 25 cts. each. S. dealbata.* This resembles but with darker green leaves and Very small plants, 10 cts. each. S. longipeduiiculata.* D. Of the Adansonii type, but with large, light green leaves of a bluish cast. It is much the quickest grower of any Sabal we have, and the most suitable for growth in pots. Strong plants, 15 to 18 inches high, 35 cts. each ; extra strong, 40 cts. each. S. minor.* Of the Adansonii type, and very hardy. Dwarf. 35 cts. each. S. Palmetto.* The famed Cabrage Palmetto of the Carolinas and Florida. This forms a tall tree, with a large head of fan leaves, and is useful in many ways. The trunk forms a good pile, re- sisting attacks of the borer in sea water. The leaves make the best of thatching. This tree can be grown all over the Lower South, through to Up- per California. Small plants, 3 inch pots, 15 cts. each, Si.25 per doz. Good plants, in 5-inch pots, showing character, 40 cts. each. S. umbracnlifera.* The tallest species known, reaching a height of 80 feet in the West Indies. It is hardy here, and does well. Is very different in style from S. Palmetto, with larger leaves, of drooping habit, and very beautiful. A desirable sort for planting outdoors in Florida and the South. Young plants, 30 cts. each.

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