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Poinsettia pulcherrinia. (Euphorbia.) Native of 
Mexico. Bears great clusters of brilliant scarlet 
flowers ; remains in bloom a long time ; excellent 
for cut flower purposes. Price, 6-inch pots, strong 
plants, 50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Sanchesia nobilis. Leaves broad lance-shaped; 
beautifully veined and marked with golden-yellow. 
Price, 6-inch pots, 50 cts. each. 
Sanseyiera Zeylanica. (The Sow-ttring Bemp.) 
As a fiber plant this has been known and prized 
in India from remote ages under the name of 
Murva. It is extensively cultivated in Ceylon, 
India Jnd the West Indies, where it grows to a 
height of five or six teet. Leaves long and 
sword-shaped, mottled green and white. Price, 
50 cts. to $1.00 each. 
Palms 
Palms are in greater demand each year for room, hall and commercial show-window decoration, which 
is not to be wondered at, as there are few plants that equal palms in beauty, and usefulness for orna- 
mental work. The varieties we offer are all of easy culture and require nothing more than the ordinary 
heat of a room. The Areca lutescens and Cocos Weddeliana, however, grow more satisfactorily in a warm 
greenhouse, but even then can be used to advantage and without hurt to the plant, for dinner-table decoration. 
People must bear in mind that palms should not be put in too large a pot, for they grow more freely when 
"pot-bound," which causes them to throw out leaves rather than making roots. Our stock is one of the 
largest and best assorted on the coast; indeed, visitors to our nurseries are invariably astonished at our 
enormous display of palms. 
Areca Banei'i. A native of Norfolk Island. Leaves 
pinnate, long and arched ; color dark green ; 
slow to make a stem. Price, boxed, 8 feet, $25.00 
each ; 5-inch pots, 1 foot, 75 cts. each. 
Areca Intescens. Native of the Mauritius Islands ; a 
house plant ; rather delicate, but when well grown 
one of the most graceful of palms ; leaves long and 
arched ; color rich green. Price, 5-inch, pots. 
PHUiNIX CANAKIENSIS. 
IJ to 2 feet, $2.50 each ; 4-inch, pots, 1 to 1 J 
feet, $1.50 each. 
Areca monostachya. From tropical Australia; 
called the " Walking-stick Palm," because of its 
stem rarely exceeding the thickness of one's 
thumb. Leaves drooping and from six inches to 
one foot long; dark green; bouse palm. Price, 
4-inch pots, 1 foot, $1.00 each. 
California Fan 
Palm. (Pribch- 
ardia filifera.) 
Our own w e 1 1 - 
known palm, a 
native of South- 
ern California; 
of erect, rapid 
growth, with 
immense fan- 
shaped leaveb of 
light green col- 
or, and having 
quantities of 
hair -like fila- 
ments woven 
around and be- 
tween the leaves, 
especially notice- 
able when the 
palm is young ; 
thrives to perfec- 
tion in Califor- 
nia, and has no 
equal for plant- 
ing along ave- 
nues. Price, 
boxed, 2 to 3 ft., 
51.50 each; 10- 
in. pots, U to 2 ft., 
75c. each ; ball- 
ed, 3 to 4 ft. ,$1.50 
each; $12.50 per 
10; balled, 2 to 3 
ft., $1.00 each ; 
$8.00 per 10; 
balled, 1 to lift-, 
75c. each; $5.00 
per 10. 
