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SlEERECHT & WaDLKy's CATALOGUE OF 
Rare SPEonE/s^ of Pala\s, Cycad5 and 
Tree Ferns. 
Plants of Extraordinary Size and Beauty. 
xrjLL THE superb specimens offered here are of perfect and symmetrical form, and liave for years been grown at 
(l\ the Rose Hill Nurseries with great care. We offer them at prices which will be supplied on application, and 
inl describe them just as they stand. Those wishing superior specimens to grace any decorative point will find 
this list of great value. The numbers are for convenience in writing for prices and information. 
PALA\5. 
No. I Areca alba. 12 feet ; grand specimen One specimen 
2 " lutescens. 15 feet, three stems ; fine specimen 
J " " 15 feet, two stems ; fine specimen 
^ •• " 10 feet, one large stem, very well-furnished 
5 " VerschafTeltii. 9 feet, six leaves ; fine specimen 
6 Astrocaryuin 3Iexicanum. 10 feet, twelve leaves ; a beautiful specimen 
7 Caryota sobolifera. 10 feet ; exceedingly fine specimen 
8 " "8 feet ; handsome plant 
9 " urens. 18 feet ; grand specimen, with three stems 
10 " " 12 feet ; splendid specimen 
11 Chamaerops humills. 6 foot clean stem, 6 inches in diameter ; over 100 leaves; a magnifi- 
cent plant, the largest in the country ; it is rarely that C. humilis forms a stem, and the only ( 
other plant of such size and beauty in cultivation is in Berlin 
12 Chama;rop8 stauracanthus. 8 feet, nine leaves ; fine plant 
13 Kentia Wendlandii. 15 feet, twelve leaves ; the largest specimen in cultivation 
,4-15 " Belmoreana. 7 feet Two specimens 
16 " Forsteriana. 6 feet 0"e specimen 
17 " " 5 feet 
18 Liivlstonia Chinensis (Latania Borbonica). 12 feet, ten leaves 
_2o " " " " 10 feet, twelve leaves Two specimens 
2, " " " " 8 feet, eight leaves One specimen 
22 " horrida. 5 feet, eight leaves ; grand specimen 
23 " rotundifolia. 8 feet, twelve leaves ; largest known 
2^ " " 5 feet, twelve leaves ; fine plant ■ • ■ • 
25 Martiuezia Liindenii. xo feet ; a beautiful plant 
26 Phoenicophoriuiu seohellarum. 10 feet ; grand specimen. (See cut, page 25) . . . 
27 Phoenix rupicola. 7 feet ; beautiful plant 
28 Pritchardia Paciflca. 8 feet, eight leaves ; handsome plant 
28a " grandis (IJcuala). 5 feet, ten or more leaves 
29 Ptychosperma Alexandrae (ICeniia robusta). 16 feet, seven leaves ; noble specimen 
JO i> " ..11 12 feet ; elegant specimen 
31 Thrinax elegans. 12 feet ; a grand specimen plant 
22 " " 10 feet, eleven leaves ; beautiful plant 
33 " elegantissima. ' 8 feet, eight leaves ; very distinct 
34 " argenteum. A very distinct and rather robust variety ; 6 feet ; fine 
35-36 Seal'orthia elegans {Ptychosperma Cunnuighami). 16 feet ; a magnificent pair, with beau- 
tiful straight stems ; very handsome Two specimens 
37-38 " " 14 feet; elegant pair 
,Q-4o " " 12 feet ; elegant, perfect plants 
4,-44 , " " 10 feet ; elegant, perfect plants • • Four specimens 
45 Versohaffeltia melanochaetes. 9 feet, six leaves ; probably the largest and handsomest 
specimen of this very rare species in cultivation under glass anywhere in the world One specimen 
