14 California Palms. 
genus Washingtonia. Just south of the Mexican border another 
genus, Erythea, occurs, a second species of which is found on the 
‘lone sweet isle amid the sea’ named Guadalupe. This island 
is situated about two hundred miles from San Diego and one hun- 
dred miles from the mainland of Baja California. 
Erythea armata, known to seedsmen as Brahea glauca, B. 
Roetzlii, and by some other names, is the beautiful blue palm, so 
greatly prized because of its lovely color, and its slow growth— 
which keeps it easily within the bounds of a conservatory. 
Erythea edulis (better known as Brahea edulis) is of much 
more rapid growth, of a rather dark green, the leaves fan-shaped 
(as in all our species). This is a very graceful species, and sev- 
eral have reached a productive age at Santa Barbara and San 
Diego. The fruit is edible like that of our other palms. 
Of Washingtonia two varieties are recognized by horticultu- 
rists and by some botanists— 
W. filifera and W. robusta. 
Portraits of the two forms are 
herewith presented, but char- 
acters supposed to _ distin- 
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AANA : 
LINN \\ Typical plants of either can 
) =~ probably be grown from seed 
ANY from the same tree. 
\\ NY Among foreign varieties of 
\\ \ palms that thrive in southern 
California, the following are a 
few of the best. 
Chamzerops excelsa. An 
\\ upright, symmetrical, fan palm 
NY with deeply notched leaves. 
Hardy and one of the finest 
decorative lawn plants. 
Seaforthia elegans. Broadly 
Lee = pinnated leaves of arich green, 
at F==" one of the most graceful palms. 
WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA. for the conservatory. 
Phoenix canariensis. The best of the ornamental varieties. 
