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Title: Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants
Identifier: descriptivecata1891seve_0 (find matches)
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Seven Oaks Nurseries; Hoyt, R. D; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Bay View, F. L. : Seven Oaks Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PALMS, CrCADS AND SCJiEll'-PINES. 25
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COCOS NUCIFERA. ARENGA SACCHARIFERA. India. The Sugar Palm. A very useful species ; the trunk supplies sago, and the sap is converted into toddy-sugar. A highly ornamental hot-house species. 80 cents to ^3 each. ATTALEA COHUNE. Guatemala. One of the most conspicuous palms of Central America ; a magnificent species, distin- guished from other genera in having the pinnae ar- ranged vertically and not horizontally. The leaves spring up almost perpendicularly at the base, but the upper part is gracefully arched. $2.50 to $5 each. CARYOTA. C. sobolifera. Malacca. An elegant slender stemmed species; leaves bipinnate, light shining green. 65 cents to $1.50 each. C. urens. India. The largest growing of the species, and one of the most ornamental ; the sap of this species is largely used in making a kind of wine or toddy ; hence it is known as the Wine Palm. In cultivation, it is called the Fish-tail Palm, from the resemblance of the pinnae to the tail of a fish. A very elegant species for house culture, and one which we can highly recommend. Fine plants, 35 cents each ; a few extra large, $2.50 each. CHAM/EROPS. C. canariensis(?I.* A handsome fan-leaved palm, suitable for sub-tropical gardening ; from the Canary Islands. 35 cents each. C. humilis.* Southern Europe and Northern Africa. A very hardy dwarf fan- palm, and one that can be highly recom- mended either for house culture at the north or for open ground in the south. Through Southern Florida, and especially in the gardens of the Rivira, the three or four species of true Chamaerops have been extensively cultivated, and these, by cross fertilization, have produced numerous hy- brids, some of which are very handsome ; and as they are all equally hardy with the parents, a collection of them is very desir- able. We have obtained sixteen of the most distinct varieties, all of which are named. 30 cents each, or the entire collec- tion of eighteen varieties for $4.25. C. e .X c e 1 s a ( Trachycarpus excelsus). A quick growing and very desirable palm. 20 cents each. C. Fortuiiei (Trachy car pus). China and Japan. Quite similar to preceding, but of more dwarf habit. 30 cents each. CHAM/EDOREA. These are elegant dwarf palms from Central America and Mexico; they have beautifully ringed stems not larger than one's finger ; smooth, pinnate leaves that vary more or less in shape in the different species. They are suitable for house cul- ture, as they like plenty of shade. The following species will be ready in spring; orders booked at any time. C. elatior, elegan.s, Ernesti-Aiigusti, Sartorii and possibly C. Tepejilote. These will be supplied at 60 cents each, six plants for $3.25. COCOS. C. australis. Buenos Ayres and Para- guay. The long pinnate leaves are a beau- tiful glaucous green. This species is perfectly hardy all over Florida, and is very quick growing after it has become established. Nice young plants, 25 cents each. C. Alphonsii.* Southern Brazil. This beautiful palm is perfectly hardy throughout Florida, and can be most highly recommended, jfi each. C. nucifera. The well known Cocoanut Palm. Intra-tropic around the globe. A quick growing, elegant species for large conservatories. Large plants, 8 and 10 inch pots, ;2 and $3 each ; small plants, %\ each. The latter, however, are much too large to be sent through the mails. C. plumosa. Brazil. Has not been tested as to hardiness; a very strong grower, and among the handsomest of decorative palms. Nice young plants, 65 cents each.

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