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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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32 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida GUILIELMA utilis. continued. are said to resemble chestnuts in flavor. The tree is much like the preceding, handsome but spiny. Newly introduced—1900. Strong plants, no charac- ter, $1 each.
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Oreodoxa oleracea. (See page 33.) HETEROSPATHE elata. * * D. An elegant decorative Palm, from East Indies, having remark- able pinnate leaves, of a graceful habit. The plant is smooth and of easy culture. Rare. Small plants, no character, 40 cts. each. KENTIA Belmoreana. ** D. (Properly iTowea Belmoreana.) One of the most valuable house Palms grown; from Australia. Elegant pinnate leaves, and beautiful even when very small. Small plants, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. About 8 to 10 inches high, beginning character leaves nicely, 25cts. each, $2.50 per doz. Larger plants, oOc, 75c. and $1 each. K. Forsteriana. * * D. (Hoivea Forsteriana.) The Umbrella Palm of Lord Howe's Island. A grand Palm for decorative uses of all descriptions, with dark green foliage of finest habit. Same sizes and prices as preceding. LATANIA Borbonica. *D. (Properly Liviatona Sinensis.) The well-known Chinese Fan Palm. This is more largely grown as a house Palm than any other variety. Leaves are fan-shaped and of a pleasing shade of green. Very popular in decora- tive work, and capable of standing considerable cold. We grow many thousand plants, and can sell fine ones very low. Fine for outdoors in South Florida and South California. Young plants with- out character, in 2-inch pots, 10 cts. each, 85 cts. per doz., $6 per 100; 2>2-inch pots, 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz., $8 per 100; 3 inch pots, commencing character nicely, 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100; 4-inch pots, character, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $15 per 100. Larger, full character, 50 cts., 75 cts. and $1 each. (Last three values are mnmail- able.) See illustration, opposite page. LICUALA elegans.* * D. A very choice, dwarf Fan-Palm of slow growth, from the East Indies. This and both following species need a strong moist heat continually. Small plants only, 20 cts. each. L. grandis.** D. A splendid ' palmate - leaved dwarf Palm from the East Indies. The leaves are nearly circular, deeply plaited, and about twenty to a full-grown plant. The total height scarcely sver exceeds 5 or 6 feet in old specimens. This is the largest of the three sppcies here named. Young plants in nice condition, 50 cts. each, $5 per doz L. Rumphii.* * D. This is also a beautiful Palm, fan-leaved and dwarf, but more spiny than L. gran- dis. It seems of more dwarf habit, but grows to about same height as preceding. Nice young plants. 50 cts. each, $5 per doz. LIVISTONA altissima.** D. A handsome Fax Palm from Java, resemblingXa^ajn'a Borbonica, but of more vigorous, stocky habit. It attains a large size. Strong young plants, with character, $1 each. L. Hoogendorpii.** D. A tall species from .Java. Dark green leaves, whose stems have brown spines on the edges. It is a handsome plant even when young. Small plants beginning partial char- acter, 35 cts. each. L. humilis.** D. (L. 3farice, incorrectly.) A rare new species from North Australia, having a distinct reddish color on young leaves, stems and spines. The leaves are thick, and reach a size of 3 feet in width. Young plants, 35 cts. each. L. rotundifolia.** D. A most elegant Fan Palm, with round, recurved leaves. Leaves are closely set, and the plant is especially valuable for table decoration. Strong plants, with character, 50 cts. and 75 cts. each. MARTINEZIA caryotaefolia.** D. New Gran- ada. An elegant greenhouse species, the foliage of which resembles the Caryotas, but, unlike them, has many black spines. Trunk slender, about 2 inches thick. Small plants, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz.; larger, beginning character, 50 cts. each. ONCOSPERMA fasciculatum.** D. A rare pinnate Palm from Ceylon, having a spiny, slender trunk. The leaves are dark green, with pendent pinnsB. Culture should be the same as for Areca lutescens. Small plants only, 50 cts. each.

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