the wild state only on Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Lower California. 

 Under cultivation it is one of the most handsome of the fan-leaved palms. 

 The large leaves are borne on long stalks, and retain their rich green color 

 for many years. It bears shiny, black-skinned nuts when comparatively 

 young. This palm reaches a height of about thirty feet, and does well in all 

 the valley and coast counties. 



BLUE PALM 



Blue palm (Glaucothea armata), formerly placed in the same genus with 

 the Guadalupe Island species, has a silvery blue hue and leaves armed with 

 curving spines. It is very showy but has a slow growth and is difficult to 

 transplant. Under favorable conditions it reaches a height of forty feet. 

 Some very fine specimens are found in the gardens of Santa Barbara. It is 

 probable that it will do well in the interior valleys since it has proved hardy 

 in Texas. 



DATE PALM 



The true date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) is a native of North Africa 

 which bears edible dates which mature in some parts of the state. It has 

 rather a stiff growth when young, but at maturity it is hard to surpass for 

 scenic effect. The trunk is more slender than the Canary Island palm and 

 the leaves coarser. Specimens grow as high as 100 feet, some of them grown 

 from seed from commercial dates reaching a height of fifty feet in thirty years. 

 An undesirable feature of this palm is its habit of sending out suckers from 

 the base of the trunk. 



CAPE PALM 



The Cape palm (Phoenix reclinata), which is a native of South Africa, 

 has strongly curved leaves which arch gracefully, usually hanging edgeways. 

 It is well suited for avenue planting and for single specimens on lawns because 

 of its slender trunk which reaches a height of only about thirty feet. It is 

 liable to sucker for a time but if the shoots are cut off for a few years, they will 

 cease to sprout out. This -palm thrives best in warm localities on sheltered 

 situations away from winds and frosts. 



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