New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
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Including Cyclanthaceas, Cycadeas, Etc. 
A CLASS of plants especially uoted for their majestic and very imposing character, and rightly called the mon 
archs of the vegetable kingdom. They are of gi-eat decorative value— their grand appearance, their magnifi- 
cent foliage, and their universally graceful and imposing habit distinguish them from all other plants. 
No collection is complete without Palms ; they are unrivaled for the decoration of greenhouses and conservatories, 
and many establishments have stately structures used especially as Palm houses. Twenty years ago but few varieties 
of Palms were to be found in collections, as gardeners then generally supposed them difficult to cultivate, but now 
we find large numbers of species and varieties of Palms,Cycads, Zamias, etc., in nearly all the prominent gardens. 
They can be justly recommended for their great usefulness, beauty and easy cultivation; in all modern decora- 
tions of churches, public and private festive halls, as well as for floral exhibitions,' handsome specimens of Palms 
are the main factors, and indispensable. 
Having had firm belief in the steadily increasing taste and demand for these noble plants, we have prepared our- 
selves, and at great expense continued in cultivating and increasing our now unlimited supply. We have added a 
number of new, handsome and distinct species and varieties, and our stock is now of such magnitude that it must 
be seen in order to form the least idea of it. As most of our stock is raised in our own plantations and tropical 
nurseries in Trinidad, West Indies, and cultivated and perfected in our extensive Palm houses at Rose Hill Nurser- 
ies, New Rochelle, N. Y., we are enabled to amply supply the trade of the country at most reasonable and popular 
prices. ■ • 
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Requiring a Hothouse Temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees, for their Successful Cultivation. 
ACANTHOHFOSNIX crinita (Arcca vriiiUa). A Palm 
of a ver.y graceful habit, with fine pinnated fronds. 
The under side of the pinnuUc is of siU'cry glaucous 
color, and the plant is garnished with long black 
spines, which gives it a very decorative appearance. 
$5 upward. 
ACROCOMIA lasiospatha. A fine species from Bra- 
zil and the Amazon river S3 00 
A. slerocarpa. Another fine species 
from Trinidad, with pinnated fi'onds; 
of robust habit 3 50 upward. 
ARECA alba 3 50 to S5 00 
A. rubra. A fine pinnated Palm of high 
decorative value, with purplish shaded 
foliage 1 50 to 
ll^^Por other Arecas see iiage 59. 
AREITOA saccharifera. The genuine 
Sugar Palm of India 2 .50 to 
A. Whiteii. New and rare species ... 5 00 to 
ASTROCARYUIVI Ayri. The Muru- 
muru Palm. A very flue pinnated and 
sjiiuous Palm 5 00 to 
A. argenteum. Leaves silvci'y under- 
neath 5 00 to 
A. aculeatum. A very spiny species of 
fegreatdecoi-ative value; of dwarf habit . 5 00 to 10 00 
3 50 
5 00 
10 00 
10 00 
10 00 
ASTBOCAEYTTM acaulis. A handsome 
species from Brazil; stemless $3 50 to $7 50 
A. Mexicanum 3 50 to 6 00 
A tenuifolium 7 50 to 10 00 
ATTAIiEA spectabilis. A very fine 
pinnated species 5 00 to 15 00 
A. macrocarpa. A cocoanut-like Palm . 3 50 to 30 00 
BACTBIS minor 5 00 to 10 00 
B. major 5 00 to 10 00 
B. caryotifolia. An excellent thorny 
Palm, with jiinnated fronds and pinnules 
of a distinct form 5 00 to 10 00 
BOBASSUS llabeUiformis. The Pal- 
myra Palm. An excellent and rare 
species, with very large, nearly circu- 
lar, palmate loaves 10 00 to 20 00 
BBAUEA glauca (Roezlii). A Palm of 
an exquisite habit, with glaucous green 
fronds 5 00 to 10 00 
CAIiAMUS. The Calamus or Rotang Palms are beauti- 
ful, of very graceful habit, with colored spines; the 
young specimens are unrivaled for small decorations 
and for jardinieres. 
C. asperrimus J5 00 to $10 00 
C. cUiaris 5 00 to 7 50 
C. farinosus 5 00 to 10 00 
