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PHCENIX 



and tlie height above the ground is 4-5 ft., while at least 

 3 feet more are buried in the ground like a post to 

 keep the exceedingly heavy top in position. The trunk 

 all around and up from the ground is provided with 

 strong Ivs. 10-15 ft. long. In the lower extremity of 

 each frond the leaflets are replaced by long formidable 

 spines, which perhaps serve the purpose of protecting 

 the trunk and the earth of the plant from the attacks 

 of man and beast. 



The type of the genus, the common Date-palm, 

 PlKfiUx dacti/Ufera, is the least ornamental of all, and 

 its growth is disappointingly slow The writer has seen 

 a plant lb years oU which just now begms to form a 



graphs 



The Ea 



u\\i 



having the 



t 1 1 i J j! t though 

 tolia^e as the common spe 

 cies, is a rapid grower and an exceedingly beautiful and 

 stately palm The writer has seen specimens 12 5 ears 

 from the seed that had assumed a height of 2o ft with 

 Ivs. 12-15 ft long and a spread of thf ctown 2o-30 ft m 

 diameter It is perfectly hardj h i\ m^ st( od a fiost of 

 15° above zero and it grows equdll\ well on hish ind 

 low land, though its growth is much ([uicl 

 moist soil 



The stateliest of all the palms that cin be grown in 

 the gardens of Florida is the C n ii\ Isl md Date 

 Phoenix Cana) lensis a species witli hui^e tnmk and 



irlj 



' Ivs 12 lo ft : 

 averaging 30 ft m di 

 densely set along the 1 

 and are of a glossy d\i 

 or 10 years this specie 

 show its true charactei 

 in diameter and its mi 

 barrel. At an age of 

 grand and noble obiect 

 beauty. There is no 1 

 can compile with it in 



n 



3f the crown 

 . which are 

 aie flattened 



\nA 



rapidity of gionth 1 1 enhuued if 



planted in groups or if 11 I I | ens ot Sabals 



and Cocos and the gi 11 I A lentea Land 



scape effects can be obtained in this w ij that will he 

 not only unique but at the sime time enchantingly 

 beautiful 



Perhaps of e luU bi iut\ ind Uni st Ml 1 t t 



liness and vi^ 1 ., I 1 i 



been raised b\ tl 1 1 II II 

 iensis and P // II 



color of the 1 itl t 111 I 



the sturdy growth t tl \ | I 1 



by the writer in the t 11 1 1 I | ] | 



with a diam of the tin I 111 1 



which almost rest on tl 1 1 1 It I „ 



while the upvier ones giateti Ih 1 I 1 1II sides Alost 

 of the writer s visitors fi in the \(,ilh pionouiice this 

 the most beautiful of all his pilms It is indeed a grand 

 and beautiful plant 



Another pil n f r t I it^ 1 P / ; It is 



similar to the 1 I 1 I 1 1 mrre 



slender trunk 1 1 i ts 



which have a 1 | I \ ly 



strong growth 1 [ I ins 



species belongs t tl ^ i| f 1 1 ^ ^1 « ? ^ 1 11 I 

 forming a single stem The\ pioduce nj sucl eis til 

 base of the trunk to speak of Most of the othei 1 1 1 

 are smaller more tender bushy md piodute su 1 i 

 freely. 



According to Drude in Die Naturhohen Pflmzen 

 farailien,' there iie only about eleven good species of 

 Phcenix, but there is no doubt that the limits of the 

 various species are at present not well understood and 

 considerable confusion prevails among the synonyms 

 P. Leonensis and P spmosa are apparently not to be 

 separated the lattei being perhaps a s>non\ra The 

 glossy gi u h 11 provided on their edges with 

 soft Willi. 1 I IS a strong growing palm with 



long :ni I 111 as suckers aie pushed np 



profu^< I dense clumps of great beauty 



which .V 1 a height of 15 18 feet P 



PHCENIX 



reclinata, with arching leaves, perhaps never grows 

 higher than 10-12 ft. It is a bushy palm of a glossy 

 dark green color. P. NataUnsis and P. Zamiburcnsis 

 seem to be identical with P. reclinata. P. farinifera is 

 a low bushy palm of great elegance from East India, 

 and P. rupieola and P. ci/cadifo.ia are also very grace- 

 ful and fine species. The latter species has the most 

 beautiful and elegant foliage of all the species of 

 Phoenix. P. pumila and P. acaulis are very small 

 kinds, while P. paludosa, being provided along the 

 leaves around the stem with formidable spines, forms 

 dense and impenetrable thickets P qlauca is a small 

 growing species with glaucous green foliage These are 

 all tender palms but they grow well on high pineland 



b.'M^ 



11^ 



1 liumilis 



\n these Dite pain 

 o 1 n 1 I It i: 



1 liid tetneeuP Canai ciisis and P 



U the hardiest md the most bewiti 



torm extremeh elegant and stately 



t n \eirs tr m the time of planting 



i I I 1 ] moist iich soil but 



tl II II II 1 ^h pineland if \m 11 



1 I I I I In tact they will 



qinntities sufli 11 I II 1 | 1 1 



lower leai es of P ( 



spots which disfi 11 II 



soon disappear if tl | I 1 



and fertilized 



All the members r f the bushj ^rowing gioup ( t Date 

 pilms lie rathei tender and thej have suffered se^ereh 

 by the heavv freezes which h l^ e visited Floridi of lite 

 ^eirs Thoi^h 1 in^ ill then foliige the\ will le is 

 I 1 1 tl \t t ill it imniediiteh foil iwmg the 



t til tit I II 1 out It left in Its position 

 It II t 1)1 the center of the plant be 



, has 



sentii 



like 



1 1 tt deep in the ceii i 



11 t t ikeii the heavA pilm wtui 1 % i\ lil h le 



ovei by stiong winds The joung palm itter 



ng woil s Its way down until it stands about 2K 3 



F-p in the soil, then the trunk grows upward 



it stin K like a post smoothh rounded at the 



I Its long rope like roots in all direc 



1 1 I ly downward The writer knows of 



1 h the ends of the roots at a depth 



tt I 1 n t be found and they evidently went 



