PALM 



Ker- 



1194 



Munich. 3 vols., 182:!-!8r,n, is a stnndard v 

 shove (ip n.'iit..r-h..nr^ "l,Hs I>iilniiers," Pai 

 an imii'iii.iiii \ -i i. A iimpuImi- running 

 Palms ;i:i, I ni.l, l,y William Watson, will 



befoun.li : , . i- iLi'. - ni Gardeners' Chronicle: 



1884 (vul. J :. r|.. 1.'., :.::. :<:>:<. 728, 748; 1885 (vol. 23), 

 pp. 338, 410. 439; lUN'i (vul. 24), pp. 362, 394, 58C, 748; 



1886 (vol. 25), pp. 75, 557; 1886 (vol. 26), pp. 491, 652; 



1887 (vol. 2. ser. 3), pp. 156, 304; 1891 (vol. 9), pp. 234, 

 298, 671; 1893 (vol. 13), pp. 260, 332. l. h. B. 



Hardy Palms in California. — Palms grown in the 

 open in California gardens do not exceed in number 20 

 genera, and numbering about 60 species. The following 

 17 genera of about 40 species may be found in our best 

 Palm collections, and all these species are growing in 

 the gardens of Los Angeles and vicinity, and may be 

 found throughout southern California in limited num- 

 bers from San Diego to Santa Barbara. Occasional 

 plants of species not mentioned are found in some old 

 gardens, but are not so plentiful as to be considered in a 

 general list of our hardy Palms. In enumerating these 

 plants they are placed as to their importance, or rather 

 as to their numerical strength in California. Our native 

 Fan Palms the W-ishingtonias natives of San Ber 

 nardino and San Diego counties ha^e been met exten 

 sively planted and maj be found e\er)\\liere *>eM m^ 

 in some instances a variet\ of purposes Fig 1622 In 

 growing this Palm w iter is of the hr^t importance \N hen 

 planted along a street those adjoining \ acant lots often 

 remain nearly at a standstill except m case of an un 

 usually wet nmtei while those along the cultivated 

 lots or liHii .,1 i I t 1 than an\ other Palm '\\ hen 

 one m ir i n 1 I ii t Mows over by the fcrce of the 

 desert imt I tl II left by the roots and stump 

 inviriil h nil \illi « Ili W ishmgtonns are hardv 

 600 mile, i ith t L \ngeles It ma> he v\ell to 

 state that hardine s in 1 ilnis is principally a ques 

 tion of size the larger onts passing through the most 

 severe winter unhirmed Avhile the small ones may 

 perish So, too some Palms suppo ed to be v ery ten 

 der need protection from sun more than from frost. 

 This is particularly the case with the so-called Kentias 

 and Rhapis. A certain Howea (or Kentia Forsteriana) 

 is protected only by a large overhanging branch of a 

 sycamore, which isof course leafless in cold weather, 



1622. A SetUuiel Palm. 

 Washingtonia filifera, San Jacinto Mts., Cal. 



yet it has reached a height of 12 feet, with a diameter 

 at base of 12 inches, and it has never been injured by 

 frost, yet water hydrants 10 feet away have been frozen 

 so hard as to burst them In Los Angeles is a Kentia 

 15 feet high growing on the north side of a house, 

 protected fioni sun alone bf iner 20 feet from the build- 

 ing, where t 1 -. M I il vMiii T^ Ml L'lound nearby has 

 frozen to tin 1 p i t 1 in li 1 Ins is in the bottom- 

 lands, the c II t ] III 1 til it\ 



Phanir d i liihi i i th ii_li n I so ornamental as 

 others of tin .^iiiu-. w is \i ii^n i 1\ planted in early 

 dajsind isoiieof th h n li t I 1 ilms Fig. 1621. The 

 most populai Palm I i tl in.s who look for grace 

 and beautv conibiiii d with < In ij in ss is Phcenix Cana- 

 iiexsis More of till St iii ]il uiti d it present than any 

 other three spti ii s In Los A.ngclis and vicinity they 

 may be counted bv ^ens of thous inds Like these 



grow ing north ot S iii 

 genus IS haid\ in s 

 ixcilitts and C7i«mi 

 greatly in appeal in 



1631 Date Palms at Old Town San Dieeo 



Ii 111. IS )s m, 200 miles. All the 

 iih 111 ( lilt mil Trachycarpiis 

 I hull 1 1 the latter varying 

 will I w IS far north as any 

 I I \ ]\ ] \ The former in 

 V ill 111 I I 1 I 2'i feet, while the 



I I 111 the same time, 



ire both popular, 

 ill! I il il mi 111 part of the state, 



itti 1 must In sli uii d tiora noonday sun. 

 nnata and ±1 eclulis |otten known as Braheas) 

 nd San Francisco baj luxuriantly. Corox rri- 

 ? hardy even farther noith than the Ery- 

 1 IS by fai the most ornamental Palm to be 

 tint section Other foios m southern Cali- 

 C flexnota, plumnsa, coionata, Romamof- 

 many others Anv Cocos will grow here in 

 pliips except Weildelhana C plumosa is 

 iiuht the most grai i-ful Palm grown, and at 

 iv i-\t(nsiMlv pi lilted in the southern citrous 

 tiiiK s foi street or sidewalk trees. It is also 

 f isttst grow CIS, and will reach 20 feet in af- 



