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SlEBRECHT & WaDLEY'S CATALOGUE OF 
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Rare Sfecihens of FAins, CrcflDE/is ^ 
Tree Fern5. 
Plants of Extraordinary Size and Beauty. 
THESE are all plants of perfect and symmetrical form, which have for years been grown at the Rose Hill Nur- 
series with great care. We offer them at prices which will be supplied on application, and describe them 
just as they are tn-day. 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. 
VALnJ. 
No. 1 Areca alba. 13 feet; gi-and specimen one specimen. 
2 " lutescens. 15 feet, three stems; fine specimen " 
3 " " 15 feet, two stems; fine specimen " 
4 " " 10 feet, one large stem, several well furnished " 
5 " Verschaffeltii. 9 feet, six leaves ; fine specimen " 
6 Astrocaryum Mexicanum. 10 feet, twelve leaves ; a beautiful specimen " 
7 Caryota sobolifera. 10 feet; exceedingly fine specimen " 
8 " " Sfeet; handsome plant " 
9 " iirens. 18 feet; grand specimen, with three stems " 
10 " " 13 feet; splendid specimen " 
11 Chamaerops humilis. 0 foot clean stem, (i inches in diameter; over one hundred leaves; a 
magnificent plant, the largest in the country; it is rarely that C. humUis forms a stem, and 
the only other plant of such size and beauty in cultivation is in Berlin " 
12 Chamserops stauracanthus. 8 feet, nine leaves : fine plant " 
13 Kentia Wendlandii. 1.") feet, twelve leaves ; the lai'gest specimen in cultivation " 
14-15 " Belmoreana. 7 feet two specimens. 
16 " Forsteriana. fi feet one specimen. 
17 " " l> feet " 
18 Iiivistonia Chinensis (I/rttanta 'w^onica). 12 feet, ten leaves " 
19-20 " " " " 10 feet, twelve leaves two specimens. 
31 " " , " " 8 feet, 8 leaves one specimen. 
22 '• horrida. 5 feet, eight leaves ; grand specimen " 
23 " rotundifolia. 8 feet, twelve leaves ; largest known " 
24 " 5 feet, twelve leaves ; fine plant " 
25 Martinezia Lindenii. 10 feet ; a beautiful plant " 
2f Phoenicophorium sechellarum. 10 feet; grand specimen. (See cut, page 54) " 
j?hoenix rupicola. 7 feet; beautiful plant " 
28 Pritchardia pacifi.ca. H feet, eight leaves ; handsome plant " 
29 Ptychosperma Alexandrse (/Cfnd'rt luhusta). 10 feet, seven leaves; noble specimen " 
30 " " " " 12 feet, elegant specimen " 
31 Thriuax elegans. 13 feet ; a grand specimen plant " 
32 " " 10 feet, eleven leaves; beautiful plant " 
33 " elegantissima. 8 feet, eight leaves; very distinct " 
34 " argenteum. A very distinct and i-ather robust variety ; 6 feet; fine " 
35-36 Seaforthia elegans iFtychnsperma Cuiminuhami). 10 foot; A magnificent pair, with beau- 
tiful straight stems ; very handsome two specimens. 
37-3i '■' " 14 feet; elegant pair " 
39^ " " 12 feet; elegant perfect plants " 
4j_44 " " 10 feet; elegant perfect plants four specimens. 
45 Verschaffeltia melanochsetes. 9 feet, six leaves. Probably the largest and handsomest spec- 
imen of this ver,y rare species in cultivation under glass anywhere in the world one specimen. 
