STREET TREES. 



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The Carolina palmetto* is a native of and useful in regions 12 and 

 13, where it sometimes attains a height of 60 or 80 feet. It will 

 thrive in regions 3 and 5, but is used loss there. 



The Texas palmetto^ is especially valuable for southern Texas, 

 where it is indigenous, and it is likely to succeed generally in regions 

 3, 5, and 12. It gi'ows to a height of 40 feet and in appearance is 

 quite distinct from the Carolina palmetto, the leaf segments being 

 much broader and less drooping.'' 



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Fig. 27.— a formal planting on a city street. Palms with interplantings. Eedlands, Calif., in mid- 

 summer. 



The Victoria palmetto^ is another hardy species, probably a native 

 of Mexico, but grown for many years at Victoria, Tex. It is similar 

 to the native Texas species and worthy of general planting in the 

 same region. A feature of this species is that the persistent leaf 

 bases remain alive and green for many years instead of tmming 

 yellow or brown, as in the Carolina palmetto. 



WASHINGTONIA PALM. 



Washingtonia palms are a very conspicuous feature of street and 

 ornamental planting in southern California. Two species are 

 represented, Washingtonia filifera Wendland and W. robusta Wend- 

 land. The first is a native of the canyons and barren slopes that 

 surround the Coachella Valley of southern California, while the other 

 species probably was brought by way of the Isthmus of Panama 



1 Inodes palmetto (Walt.) Cook. 



2 Inodes texana Cook. 



3 The Texas palmetto. 7n Jour. Ueredity, v. S, no. 3, p. 123, pi. 1917. 



4 Cook, 0, F. A new ornamental palmetto in southern Texas. In U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. 

 Cir. 113, p. 11-14. 1913. 



