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BRAHEA GKLAUCA (Blue Palm.) 

 A very ornamental Fan Palm of ro- 

 bust habit . The leaves are bright 

 green, glaucous beneath. Xew and 

 rare. Small, 25c to 50c; fine speci- 

 men plants, |3 to $5 each. 



CORYPHA AUSTRALIA (Livis- 

 tonia.) A very Hardy Australian 

 Palm; foliage dark green, very sym- 

 metrically and regularly slit, the 

 segments partly doubled from base 

 of petioles or leaf-stalk, which is 

 thickly armed with crooked spines. 

 Strong plants 75c each; plants 1 to 

 3 feet high, $1.50 to $3.50 each. 



CHAM^ROPS HUMILIS. A 



Fan Palm with dwarf habit; it 

 is a native of Southern Europe; very 

 hardy. A splendid specimen for the 

 lawn. Small plants 25c each; plants 

 1 to 1^ feet high, 75c to $1.50 each. 



CHAMJEBOPS EXCELSA. One 



of the hardiest of the Fan Palms; 

 foliage dark green; the segments of 

 the fan-shape leaves deeply cut the 

 edges covered with tooth-like spines; 

 grows from 15 to 20 feet high, very 

 desirable for out -door decoration. 

 Strong plants, 1 foot high. 75c: 2 to 

 3 feet, $1.50 to $3 each. 



PHCEXIX CAXARIEXSIS. The 

 handsomest and hardiest of the Date 

 Palm family. Being a rapid grower, 

 it soon develops into beautiful speci- 

 mens, with pinnate, dark green 

 leaves from 6 to 12 feet long, the di- 

 visions linear, lance-shaped, very 

 much pointed. It is fully as hardy 

 as the native Fan Palm, and differ- 

 ing widely from that variety in 

 its habit of growth, color and style 

 of foliage. A finer contrast cannot 

 readily be imagined when the two 

 are planted either opposite or alter- 

 nately in rows. Small plants, 50c to 



$1.50 each; large specimen plants. 

 $3 to |8 each. 



PHCEXIX TENUIS. This is a 

 very hardy Date Palm, very desira- 

 ble and elegant, bright sea-green. 

 Small plants, 25c each. 



RAPHIS FLABELLIFORMIS. 

 China and Japan. A hardy little 

 Cane Palm, which suckers from the 

 roots like the bamboo, and forms a 

 dense clump of canes. A delicate 

 and graceful little plant, only 3 or 1 

 feet in height when full grown. Un- 

 excelled for home decoration. 75c 

 to $3 each . 



SEAFORTHIA ELEGAXS. The 

 leaves dark green, the leaf-stems 

 rather stout at their base, pinnate, 

 lanceolate and narrow bifid at the 

 apex, the whole plant perfectly 

 smooth, on a cylindrical, smooth 

 whitish green stem. A most ele- 

 gant species. Plants 2 to 3 feet high. 

 $1.50 to S3 each. 



ARALIA PAPYREFERA -Chi- 

 nese Rice Paper Plant." A stately 

 decorative plant, with large ricinus- 

 like foliage, The young growth is a 

 silvery, the old a dark green: very 

 tropical. 25c to 50c each. 



CINNAMOMUM. Camphora. Cam- 

 phor Tree. This tree should be cul- 

 tivated everywhere where the ther- 

 mometer does not fall below 10 de- 

 grees above zero. Farenheit. It is 

 one of the most beautiful evergreens 

 imaginable: attains a height of 50 to 

 60 feet, of an upright habit; forms a 

 beautiful dense crown: is entirely 

 free from disease or insects; most 

 valuable for its wood — from it is ex- 

 tracted the camphor of commerce. 

 An avenue of these trees, or a single 

 specimen, is superb: is of rapid 

 growth, and a most interesting tree. 

 50c to $1: small plains. 25c. 



