Kentia Fosteriana (Flat or Thatch-Leaf Pahiij. Also resembles K. Belmoreana, but the leaves are not 
arched so much and is of larger growth. Price, 4-inch pots, i foot, |i.oo each; 5 or 6 inch pots, li 
feet to 2j feet, $2.00 each. 
K. macurthurii. A variety of more recent introduction. The midrib has a reddish tinge, otherwise 
snmlar to the preceding. Price, 6-inch pots, i\ to 2 feet, )j(2.5o each. 
Latania Borbonica. Synonym Livistona chinensis. Leaves very large, fan-shaped, beautifully re- 
curved, rich green; stems long, armed with spines. Of rapid growth, showing early its characteristic 
liabit. An excellent palm for house and veranda decoration. Hardy in Santa Barbara, where 
It requires partial shade. Native of South China. Price, 5-inch pots, i to li feet, f 1.50 each; 6-inch 
pots, i\ to 2 feet, jt2.oo each; 24x24-inch box, 7 to 8 feet, |6o each. 
Hacrozamia elegantissima (elegant). Leaves long, feathery, graceful, appearing on a cvlindrical 
stem. A plant of great beauty. Price, 24X24-inch box, 5 feet, I50 each. 
Phoenix canariensis. Canary Island Palm. Leaves long, arched, and feather-shaped, beautiful dark 
green. Of very rapid growth, attaining a great height in a few years. A variety of the "Date," but 
more ornamental. For lawn or avenue planting unsurpassed. Price, 4-inch pots, 1 foot, 25c each; 
|2.oo per 10; 5-inch pots, li feet, 50c each; $4.00 per 10; 6-inch pots, 2 feet, |i.oo each; |8.oo per 10; 
lo-mch pots, 3 to 4 feet, I3.00 each; $1^ per 10; 12-inch pots, 4 to 4A feet, I3.50 each; #30 per 10; 
i6xi6-inch box, 2 to i\ feet, j2.oo each; $18 per 10; 20X20-inch box, 5 to 7 feet, |8.oo to fi2 each; 
i8xi8-inch box, 12 to 15 feet, $25 each. 
P. dactylifera (date-bearing). Somewhat similar to the preceding, but of slower growth, and more 
glaucous in appearance. This is the palm from which the date of commerce is obtained, and as it 
does so well in Southern California and Arizona, it should be extensivelv planted in those parts. 
Price, lo-inch pots, 2 to 3 feet, $2.50 each. 
P. reclinata (reclining). Another variety of the "Date." Leaves gracefully recurving edgeways, 
bright orange color at base; rather tender, but hardy in some locations; grown in'pots or tubs 
for house decoration makes a most beautiful and graceful palm. Native of Southern Africa. 
Price, 6-inch pots, i to \\ feet, f 1.25 each; |8 00 per 10; 7-inch pots, li to 2 feet, 11.50 each; %\2 per 
to; 1 2-inch pots, 2 to 3 feet, I3.00 each. 
P. slyvestris (sylvan). The Wild Date. Leaves long, arched, beautifully lined with silver. A very 
hardy and rapid-growmg \ ariety. In India large quantities of sugar are manufactured from the sap of 
this palm. Native of India. Price, 7-inch pots, 1 J to 2 feet, f 1.50 each. 
P. tenius (narrow)- A recent but very elegant addition to the famih-; it resembles P. Canariensis in 
general appearance, but is more slender and finer in all its parts. Perfectly hardy. Habitat 
unknown. Price, 7-inch pots, i\ to 2 feet, fl.50 each; $12 per 10. 
Pritchardia filamentosa (thread-bearing). Synonym Washingtonia filij'era. California Fan Palm. 
Our own vvell-known native, of erect, rapid growth, with immense fan-shaped lea\es of light green 
color, having quantities of hair-like filaments woven around and between the leaves, especially 
noticeable when young; stems long, armed with spines. A grand palm for planting along avenues. 
Price, 5-inch pots, 12 to 15 inches, 25c each; $2.00 per 10; 6-inch pots, feet, 50c each'; $4.00 per 
10; 8 nich pots, I.V to 2 feet, $r.oo each; boxed, 2 to 3 feet, ^1.25 each; |io per 10; balled, i to li 
feet, 25c each; |2.oo per 10; balled, iJ to i\ feet, 75c each; |6.oo per lo; balled, 2^ to 3 feet, $1.25 
each; j!io per 10; balled, 3 to 4 feet, |;2.oo each; |i8 per 10. 
P. Martii. Leaves fan-shaped, plaited, dark green; stems smooth, unarmed, inclosed at base in a few 
rough brown fibers. A beautiful house species of recent introduction, quite distinct from P. Pacifica 
the stems of which are clothed with a downy matter. Native of Sandwich Islands. Price 15-inch 
pots, 4 feet, $15 each. 
Rhaphis ftabelliformis (fan-leaved). Leaves eight to twelve fingered, borne at the end of upright, 
reed-like stems, 7 feet to 8 feet high, which are clothed with a'fibrous matter. It suckers from the 
root like a bamboo, and in time forms a dense clump of canes. Used mosth- for house decoration 
although hardy in warmer sections. Native of China and lapan. Price, 6-inch pots, i to 2 feet, 75c 
each; 8-inch pots, 2 to 2i feet, #1.50 each. 
R. flabelliformls variegatis. A form of the preceding in which the leaf-segments are more or less 
freely striped with white. Price, 5-inch pots, i foot, f i.oo each; 6-inch pots, 1 to feet, «i.5o each- 
7-inch pots, I J to 2^ feet, |2. 50 each. 
Ptychosperma Alexandra. Leaves feather-shaped, beautifully archeil, quite red when young, but 
light green (with a silvery-tinge underneath) when older. Resembles Scaforlhia Elcs:a>is, but at- 
tams a larger size. Hardy in Santa Barbara. Native of Queensland. Price, 7-inch" pots, li to 2 
feet, $2.00 each; g inch pots, 5 feet, I5.00 each. 
Sabal Adansonii. Dwarf Palmetto. Leaves fan-shaped; divisions twenty to thirty, slightly threaded, 
sea-green in color; stems stout, concave, smooth edged; trunk short, buried in the earth. Hardy! 
Native of Southern United States. Price, 5-inch pots, 9 to 12 inches, 50c each. 
S. Blackburriiana. Of the same nature as the preceding; of slow growth. One of the handsomest 
of the Sabit/s, and well suited to sub-tropical gardening or greenhouse decoration. Native of Ber- 
muda. Price, 6-inch pots, ij feet, 75c each; |6.oo per 10. 
5eaforthiaelegans. Synonym Plychospcrma Ciinninghamiana . lUawarra Palm. Lea\ es feather-shaped, 
divisions narrow, dark green. Most gracefiil of house palms. Hardv in Santa Barbara. Apart froni 
the elegance of its foliage and the slenderness and smoothness of its t'nmk , the flowering of this palm 
is one of the most beautiful things to see; the bunches hanging down look like an immense marabout, 
of a delicate pink color, succeeded by round berries which change to bright red when approaching 
maturity. Native of South Eastern Australia. Price, 4-inch pots, i to i V, feet, 50c each; f4.oo per lo- 
5-uich pots, i\ feet, 75c each; $(>.oo per 10; 6-inch pots, to 2 feet, |i.75 each; $8.00 per 10; 8-inch 
pots, 2 to 2j feet, $2.00 each; 8-inch pots, 2J to 3 feet, $3.00 each. 
