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three years in which to germinate — 

 the older seeds germinating more 

 quickly than when fresh from the 

 tree. I have had them germinate 

 readily when over ten years old. 

 ERYTHEA EDULIS Watson. 



ERYTHEA EDULIS Watson. The Guada- 

 lupe Island Palm; "of equal decorative value 

 to 'Latanla borbomdca, much hardier, and of far 

 more rapid development." 



ARENGA SACCHARIFERA Lablll. The 

 Sugar Palm, of India; the juice is converted 

 into toddy or sugar; the young kernels made 

 with syrup into preserves. The pitch supplies 

 sago, about 150 lbs. from a tree, according to 

 Roxburgh. 



ARTOCARPUS INTBGRIFOLIA Linn. The 

 Jack Fruit, of the Malay Islands; attains a 

 weight of 50 pounds. 



CHAMABROPS EXCELSA Thunb. The 

 hardiest of all palms; had stood three degrees 

 above zero F. without protection; beautiful 

 fan-shaped leaves. 



CHAMAEROPS HtJMILIS Linn. The dwarf 

 fan palm of southern Europe; very ornamen- 

 tal, and eligible for scenic effect; hardy. 



JUBABA SPECTABILIS Humboldt. The 

 tall and stout Coquito Palm of Chili; hardy; 

 yields small edible kernels; a kind of treacle is 

 obtained from the sap; leaves sometimes 10 ft. 

 long. 



OREODOXA REGIA Humboldt. The Royal 

 Palm, "the Glory of the Mountains;" the 

 grandest of the pinniate leaved palms. 

 PHIBNIX DACTYLIPERA Linn. 



The well known date palm of northern 

 Africa and Arabia, is often planted for 

 quick tropical effect in Southern Califor- 

 nia, where space permits its luxuriant 

 growth. On the Colorado Desert and in 

 Arizona this palm has been planted more 

 extensively, with a promise of becoming 

 of commerrial importrnce for its fruit. 



PTYCHOSPERMA ELEGANS Blume. 



Leaves 2 to 10 feet in length, widely known 

 under the name of Seaforthia elegans, R. Br. 



THRINAX ARGENTEA Lodd. One of the 

 most elegant of fan palms, the under part of 

 the leaves shining like satin; native of 

 Panama. 



Genns WASHINGTONIA Wendlaniil. 



"42. He unites the genus Myrrhip, Mx. with 

 Cherophyllum; the Ch. claytoni of Persoon 

 is however made a ScandiX by Muhlenberg! 

 which proves that it belongs to neither gene- 

 ta, but Myrrhis happens to be erroneous also, 

 by being similar to Amyris, a previous genus, 

 whence several names have been proposed 

 for it, Washingtonia, Osmorhiza, Gonathc- 

 rus; but these arc not yet published; the sec- 

 ond is perhaps the best."— *'C. S. R[afin.]." in 

 American monthly magazine, ii. 176 (1818). A 

 Review of "Pursh's Flora of North America,;" 



Britton and Brown deemed the above a suf- 

 ficient publication to justify discarding the 

 established name Osmorhiza lat,er adopted by 

 the writer of the above review — necessitating 

 the coining of yet another name for our Calif- 

 ornian genus of palms (Neowasliingtouia). 



Prof. C. 8, Sargent considered the prior sug- 

 gestion in a newspaper (Winsl. in California 

 Farmer, Sept. 18&4) of the name Washingtonia 

 for Sequoia as insufficient cause lor the aban- 

 donment of its use. The action of Britton and 

 Brown seems even less Justifiable and would 

 cause the present writer to hesitate about ac- 

 cepting any changes proposed by them until 

 after careful investigation of the need. 

 WASHINGTONIA SONORAE S. Watson. 



S. Watson, Am ac pr 24:79 (1889). 



"A tree )eaching.5°inheight Aft ft in diam.: 

 leaves3or4°in diam.,simewhatgl<iu',uus, very 

 11 lifer, us upon ratlier i-lender ^.e^ol^'s wh c'l 

 are armed with stmt curved spines: sp dix 

 sledi'er, 5 i.r6°long: frabout 3" 1 'Ug, the fla - 

 tened-gIoboseseed2-2>^" in the longest diniu. 



Neowashmgtonia toncrae Rose, Contr 

 U S Na Hb 5:255. 



WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA Wendl. The 

 popular Californian fan palm; a hardy and 

 magnificent species of the desert region of 

 Southern California. 



The California fan palm, bearing 

 great clusters of small black berries, 

 the clusters weighing 10 to 20 pounds 

 each, furnished the desert Indians 

 with a most important article of food, 

 equal to that of the pinon nuts to the 

 mountain tribes, ranking next in val- 

 ue to the mesquite bean. The berries 

 have a thin, very sweet, and pleasant 

 flavored pulp, which any palate might 

 appreciate. 

 WASHINGTONIA ROBUSTA Wendl. 



A favorite strong growing variety of flliferi. 



GR AMINE AE. 

 Genus ARISTIt) A Linnaeus. 



A. ameiicana L f 



— f rizonica Vasey 



— scabra Kunth 



— divaricata HBK 



A. DISPKKSA Trin. 



A. bromoides HBK. 



A. purpurea Nutt. var. ' 



A. orcuttiana Vasey 



A. CALIKORNICA Thurber. 



2556 Valle de las Tres Virgenes, near Santa 

 Rosalia; one of the common forage grasses. 

 Mar. 18, 1899. 



2557 Near Calmalli, not rare, Mirch 3. 

 25.58 «anto Domingo, February 20. 



2559 NearM ssion Santa Gertrudis Mur. 10 



V fngitiva Vasey 



V major Vasey 



GenuM BROMVS Linnaeus. 

 BROMUS ORCUTTIANUS Vasey. 

 Vai-. GRANDIS Shear. 

 BROMUS CILIATUS L. 

 BROMITS RUBENS L. 

 BROMUS CARINATUS H-A. 



