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Title: Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285742 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings 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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Side view of a slat-house containing Palms. The house is 100x140 feet, and contains tens of thousands of plants from 1 to 6 feet high. VII Palms and Cycads "THE PRINCES OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM" Palms form one of our specialties, and we grow thousands of plants. They are kept growing in pots, enabling them to be moved or transplanted at any time without trouble. We use no heat, except for a few most tender tropical sorts, during a few days of winter, and consequently our plants are in fit condition to be shipped every day in the year, and are healthy and stocky. For outdoor planting, we recommend their being set in spring or summer, so that they may be established before cooler weather. No class of plants makes such a tropical and elegant display as Palms, and to hurry specimens into large size, no trouble should be spared. Make the soil very rich. A plant in open ground after once established cannot be fer- tilized too heavily. Where dry, mulching and watering must be attended to in their earlier stages; later, they can take care of themselves! In the autumn in semi-tropical climates, Palms should not be culti- vated so late as to cause rank growth in the winter. In fertilizing use considerable sulphate of potash, which will help Palms harden their growth and thus put them in good condition to stand freezing weather; if too much nitrogenous manure is used it causes a sappy growth liable to be damaged by cold. For culture in pots, see that the soil is rich, but not enriched too heavily, and that drainage is perfect. Do not try to grow a small plant in an extremely large pot. As a general rule, use 4-inch pots for plants 10 to 1.5 inches high ; 6-inch pots for plants 20 to 24 inches high, etc., and always in such size that the roots will have plenty of soil, without its turning sour. Cover the drainage holes with broken pottery or small stones, or similar material, to keep the soil from dropping through, and to keep the waterway open. Palms in the house need some sunshine, and will do best with the morning and afternoon sunlight every day, only avoiding the heat of noon. They will exist and live for years with but little light, but are not healthy, nor will they grow fast. An even, rather high temperature suits them best, without drafts of air. The hardier sorts will be able to stand a temperature of 60° and do very well, but below this they will not make much growth. Even an occasional drop to 45° will not kill them, but they would prefer 70° most of the time. In summer. Palms will appreciate plunging in the ground to the top of the pots, in a half-shady, moist situation. Explanation of symbols : Those hardy enough to grow outdoors along Gulf coast or southern r-ali-

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