LEADING SPECIALTIES IN PALMS. 
Single plant of Cocos Weddeliana. Cocos Weddeliona in busli form. 
COCOS Weddeliana. (Aigrette Palm, Fern Palm.) ^ 
TIlis is the most eleftsuit and graceful of all the smaller Palms. The growth is slow, dwarf and neat, freely furnishing the 
slim, ereet stem with cui'ving fronds of glistening green. The narrow, clear-eut pinntp are extremely light and airy in effect, 
making this small Palm a treasure for use in all the daintier, small decorations, for edging stages of larger jilants, for ferneries, 
etc. The species is peculiarly a plant which one wants to have near by — on a desk or dressing table, as well as in the more con- 
ventional places, because of its refreshing color and elegant effect. The plants do not outgrow the space allotted them, or the 
uses for which they were puivliased, in a number of years. One of our engravings shows the beauty of a single plant; the other 
a fine made-iip specimen, sucli as is now found most effective in house decoration. We have especially fine stocks of both these 
forms in beantifnl condition. 50 cts. to $5. 
LiVISTONA ROTUNDIFOLIA. (Miniature Fan Palm.) 
This chiirming little dwarf Palm is one of the prettiest in cultivation. Small plants but G or 8 inches high are closely set 
with from 8 to 9 round, glossy leaves of a nnique, broad, shell-shape, similar to those of Ltittniia Borhniucii , but smaller. The 
plant thus formed is graceful, compact, well-balanced, nearly globular, and especially suitable for table decoration. It is as 
easily grown as the larger form, and keeps its fine appearance through rough usage quite as well. We recommend this pretty 
Palm as something qnite nnique, in that it gives the character and decorative value of a large Latania in a shape available for many 
places where the larger Palm would be inadmissible. The peculiar globular form of the Livistona is also ,a special merit. Taken 
with the graceful Cocon IVaihlelinnd, the two are simjily unapproachable for many uses and effects. $1 and upward. 
General Collection of Palms— Continued. 
LATANIA aurea. Tlie liatania.s are all 
hautUonie Fan Palms, from tlie Mauritius 
Islands; they are among the best of the 
decorative species. This is a distinct and 
showy form, witli yellowish stems and 
leaves. $5. 
L> Borbonica {Lh'iaio-iia Clnnenais). Clii- 
nese Fan Faba. Sec page 11. 
L. rubra. See Rare and Specimen Talms. 
LICUALA grandls {PriteliariJia uriniilix). 
Tliis is hy far the rarc-st and handsonipst 
Palm of the fan-shaped type, and will lie 
found described and illustrated unih-i- our 
Palm fjeaders. All tlie liicualas are <'nii- 
spicudusly beanliful in liabil, givitiir aii- 
of eh^gance and dislinctio!! to any decora- 
tion in wbiidi tliey are used. $1,') upward. 
L. horrlda. Odd and haudsoiue. 
L. peltata. Leallcl s long, deeply cleft. ^'i.'iO. 
LIVISTONA Chlnensis { I.iilniiia lioi- 
lioiiir<i). Well-known under boMi nanu-s — 
perhaps best under the latter. Probably 
the most widely distributed Palm tor deco- 
rative purposes. .fl.nUand upward, accord- 
ing to size. 
MACROZAMIA spiralis. See Rare Palms. 
MARTINEZIA caryotsefolia. The Mar- 
tinezias arc remarkably distinct and showy 
Palms, Willi bi-pinnatccl froTids and jiin- 
MARTINEZIA caryotaefolia, continiied. 
tudes like a fish-tail : most elegant, in either 
lai'ge or snudl spei'imens. $2..')0 upward. 
M. erosa. if.'i. 
MAXIMILIANA reela {Altnlni ininifidn- 
lind). See Rare Palms. 
OREODOXA regla. The Koval I'alm. from 
Cuba. ^l,.-iO. 
PHCENICOPHORIUM Sechellarum (.SVr- 
rt'H.'O'iiin ijya luUfol ia) . Describeil on 
page II. See also page 12. $5. 
PH(£NIX Canarlensls. From the Canary 
islands. Fveu when (pnte snudl. all forms 
of the Plurnix are beautiful for di'corative 
(Mirposes. The plTtnaic !ca\-es arc long, 
graceful, spreading and n-curving. $2. 
P. dactyllfera. The Iruc Date Palm. $2.,"i0 
to ,$10. 
P. pumlla. Of rapid and compact growth: 
a grami and recent acquisition. $1 upwards. 
P. recllnata.- See page 8. $3. 
PHCENIX ruplcola. The most valuable and 
elegant species in this gentis, .specially de- 
scribed and Hgured on x>age 8. $S. 
P. tenuis. 
PRITCHARDIA aurea. The Pritchardias 
are majestic Palms with very large, serrate 
leaves of ]>abuate form. Very fine for 
Palni-liotises. $10. 
P. grandls iLii-mihr iirtnitli:<) . The rarest 
form of the genus, with graml. liroad-fluted 
leaves. Illustrated on tlu' next page, $25. 
P. Paciflca. $7,."iO. 
PTYCHOSPERMA Alexandrse. Fdegant 
and rare. This and the species below are 
of graceful and elegant haliit: the fronds 
are broad. ]>iunate. rich green above and 
silvery below: largely used and highly 
esteemed. $2..'>0. 
P. Cunnlnghami t Si nfnrlliiii {■hijntis), $.■!. 
RAVENALA Madagascarlensls. The 
Traveler's Tree of Madagascar. See Rare 
Palms. 
LETTER. 
HiNOHAM, M,\ss,, April lu. isns. 
m writinj,' you ti> say that the plants 1 honght from you 
trnovn plants that T over received from any 
A CUSTOMER'S 
SittnuKCHT & Son. 
Orntlpweit — ft eivos nic very groat ploasuro 
arrived in first-chiss conilitifni. They arotlio tinost and best-; 
niu'sory in this country (M- iihvdad. Tlio p.-iokini; i>f s inio w;is s\ipoi li. They had to bo carted two nulos 
throuKh di'j,Moos of frost, liiu whoa thoy wore uniiaokeil not a loaf was hurt, showing the great care 
you take iu pai-Uing your plants, F, PlilDEAUX, Supt. to P. 11. liradlcy. 
