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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 



COCOS WEDDELIANA. 



PALM 



LATANIA BORBOXICA. 



KENTIA BELMOEEAUA. 



To meet the increasing demand for Palm seeds, we have made special arrangements direct with collectors which enable us to send out fresh seed, 

 which is of great importance. We fill all orders as soon as the seeds are received by us, which necessarily will be at different seasons as the time of 

 ripening varies in different species. 



Areca lutescens. A very popular variety with florists??* i°° Penooo 

 clean, quick and graceful growth. Arching leaves Seeds - Seeds. 

 with golden stems 90 7 00 



Chamaerops Humilis. Very ornamental and dwarf grow- 

 ing "Fan Palm," of very easy culture. Large, 

 divided, fan-shaped, leaves; stems thorny. Handsome 

 for sub-tropical effects, and worthy ofentended cultiva- 

 tion, of slow growth but an a 1 thing, standing lots 

 of handling and ill usage, .per oz., 10c./ per lb., 75c. 



Corypha Australis, " Australian Cabbage Palm." This 

 is a very hardy palm, with large, nearly circular, 

 fan shaped, dark green leaves, with brown stems. 

 Admirably adapted for various decorative purposes, 

 especially for sub-tropical effects in summer gardening. 

 This is of easy culture although of somewhat slow 

 growth 35 2 75 



Cocos plumosa. A highly ornamental palm, with straight 

 stems and long, arching, feathery leaves, dark green 

 above, glaucous beneath. A rapid grower, will at- 

 tain a height of 5 to 6 feet in 3 years; highly decora- 

 tive for backgrounds 1 40 13 00 



Cocos Weddeliana. This is probably the most elegant 

 small palm ever introduced. Leaves fern-like and 

 gracefully arched, dark green above, glaucous below. 

 For table decoration it is exquisitely beautiful 1 40 13 00 



Euterpe edulis. "Assai Palm." A tall growing , elegant 

 palm with bright, clean stems, resembling Seaforthia 

 Elegans, and considered an improvement on it, being 

 of rapid growth and stands handling well. They 

 should have plenty of heat 2 25 20 00 



Geonoma gracilis. A very graceful dwarf species resem- 

 bling Cocos Weddeliana, and by some considered 

 superior, being more easily grown; it has graceful 

 arching pinnate leaves exceedingly handsome, especial- 

 ly in the young state, and very decorative for table; 

 anal thing, of medium rapid growth 1 40 12 00 



Kentia Canterburyana, An exceedingly decorative and 

 ornamental palm of tall growth. The leaves are 

 large, of a rather bright green and form a dense head. 

 Where plenty of room can be given, this palm can 

 hardly be overrated for specimens: rapid strong 

 grower. The seeds are very large 2 50 20 00 



Kentia Forsteriana. "Flat or Thatch Leaf Palm." 

 This is without exception the most hardy of its class. 

 It is very graceful, and for table decoration scarcely 

 has its equal. Excellent for room culture, as neither 

 variations in temperature or gas affect it. Rapid 

 grower 80 7 00 



Kentia Moorei. A very beautiful, rare and quite distinct Per ioo Penooo 

 dwarf palm, with leaves of dark green. This variety As ' Seeds - 

 will grow in a cool temperature. Rapid grower 2 50 20 00 



Kentia Belmoreana. "Belmore's Curly Palm." A 

 splendid variety and very largely grown. Similar but 

 dwarf er than Fwsteriana and possessing all of its 

 excellent qualities, differing from that variety only 

 in the tendency of its leaves to curl under, making it 

 particularly beautiful. Rapid grower 80 7 00 



Latania Borbonica. " The Bourbon Palm." A well 

 known and very Tiandsome species, of very rapid 

 and healthy growth. Large, broad, shining green, 

 fan shaped leaves. Unequalled for either parlor 

 hall, piazza, lawn or greenhouse decoration, of 

 medium quick growth — 18 months from sowing it 

 shows its character leaves, per oz., 10c; per lb., 75c. 



Oreodoxa Begia. " The King or Royal Palm." A tall, 

 elegant and graceful variety, with slender, ringed 

 stems, bearing long terminal leaves. Admirably 

 adapted for either sub-tropical gardening or for the 

 decoration of apartments, of quick growth 40 3 00 



Ptychosperma Alexandra. A very elegant species, 

 rare in cultivation, but on account of its many 

 good qualities and great hardihood is destined to 

 become very popular when known. The leaves are 

 pinnate and beautifully arched; of a pretty pink 

 when young but green when mature; tall, slender 

 trunk. Resembles Seaforthia elegans and stands 

 handling better 50 4 50 



Seaforthia Elegans. " Illawarra Palm." One of the 

 most beautiful of the palm family. It is perfectly 

 smooth and attains a height of twenty feet or more, 

 with gracefully drooping, feather-like leaves. One 

 of the finest subjects for conservatory, greenhouse or 

 sub-tropico.l gardening. Can be placed in the open 

 air from June 1st to October 1st. Jt is of rapid 

 growth, attaining a height of three feet from seed 

 the first season Scarcely anything can eqiwl the 

 effect of large specimens of this noble palm, un- 

 fortunately it does not stand rough usage and 

 handling as well as Euterpe and Ptychosmerma, 

 which are of similar appearance 45 3 50 



Washingtonia filifera. Syn : Brahca Filamenlosa ; 

 Pritchardia filamentosa. This is the " Thread 

 Bearing California, Palm." and has large fan-shaped 

 leaves, with thread like filaments hanging from the 

 segments. It is a handsome decorative palm when full 

 grown. A rapid grower and for bedding out or as 

 a vase palm, it is scarcely equalled. per oz., 15c./ 



per lb., 1.50. 



We furnish the trade our Flower Seeds in retail packets, superbly lithographed, at one-third off retail prices, or in quantities of not less than 



five of a kind at one half off. 



