CATAXOGCT m ^Xlll; PLANTS. 
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Rare Specimens of Palms, Cycads and 
Tree Ferns. 
Plants of Extraordinary Size and Beauty. 
All tho superb specimens offered liere are of perfect and symmetrical form, and have for years been 
grown at the Rose Hill Nurseries with great care. We offer them at prices which will be supplied on appli- 
cation, and describe them just as they stand. Those wishing superior specimens to grace any decorative 
point will fiud this list of great value. The numbers are tor convenience in writing for prices and information. 
PALIMS. 
No. 1 Arecaalba. 12 feet ; grand speei(m.en One specimen 
2 " lutescens. 15 feet, three stems ; fine specimen 
3 " " 15 feet, two stems ; fine specimen 
4. ^< << 10 feet, one large stem, very well furnished " 
5 " VerschaffeltU. 9 feet, sdx leaves ; fine specimen " 
6 Astrocaryum nexicanum. 10 feet, 12 leaves; a beautiful specimen 
7 Caryota sobollfera. 1® feet, exceedingly fine specimen || 
8 " " 8 feet ; handsome plant 
9 " urens. 18 feet; grand specimen, with three stems " 
10 " 12 feet ; splendid specimem 
11 Cham«rops humilis. «-foot clean stem, 6 inches in diameter; over 100 leaves; a 
magnificent plant, the largest in the country ; it is rarely that C. huimhs forms a 
stem, and tlie only other plant of such size and beauty in cultivation is in Berlin . ''^ 
12 Chamaerops stauracanthus. 8 feet, nine leaves ; fine plant ..... 
13 Kentla Wendlandii. 15 feet, twelve leaves; the largest specimen in cultivation . . 
14-15 " Belmoreana. 7 teet Two specimens 
16 " Forsteriana. 6 feet One specimen 
17 " " 5 feet || 
18 Livistona Chincnsis (Latcmia Borbonica). 12 feet, ten leaves 
,9_oo " " " 10 feet, twelve leaves Two specimens 
21 « .. " 8 feet, eight leaves One specimen 
22 " horrida. 5 feet, eight leaves ; grand specimen 
23 " rotundifoiia. 8 teet, twelve leaves ; largest Icnown 
24 '< " 5 feet, twelve leaves ; fine plant " 
25 nartinezia Lindenii. 10 feet; a beautiful plant 
26 Phcenicophorium seychellarum. 10 feet ; grand specimen ''^ 
27 Phcenix rupicola. 7 teet; beautiful plant 
28 Pritchardia Pacifica. 8 feet ; eiglit leaves ; handsome plant 
28a " grandis {lAcwda). 5 feet, ten or more leaves " 
29 Ptychosperma Alexandrse (JEewtiarobuato). 16 teet, seven leaves ; noble specimen . " 
30 << " " 12 feet; elegant specimen " 
31 Thrinax elegans. 12 feet ; a grand specimen plant 
32 " " 10 teet, eleven leaves ; beautiful plant " 
33 " elegantissima. 8 feet, eight leaves ; very distinct 
34 " argenteum. A very distinct and. rather robust variety ; G teet ; fine . ... " 
36- 36 Seaforthia elegans {Ptyckosperma Ounninghami). IC teet; a magnificent pair, with 
beautiful straight stems; very handsome Two specimens 
37- 38 Seaforthia elegans. 14 teet ; elegant pair " 
39_40 " " 12 feet; elegant, perfect plants 
41_44 « '< 10 teet; elegant, perfect plants , Four specimens 
CYCADS. 
46 Cycas circlnalis. This grand and most magnificent specimen stands twelve teet high, 
with a clean trunli or stem two feet in circumference, having 50 fine fronds, each 
eight feet long; perfect in shape, and is probably the finest specimen in America One specimen 
47 Cycas Lehmanil. Truly a noble plant of a most elegant and very distinct species. It 
is the only specimen in this country so far as is Icnown, and has a clear stem or 
trunlc two teet high and a foot in diameter, witli 56 perfect fronds. Tlie plant has 
a twelve-foot spread ; its leaves are of a beautiful arching and graceful character, 
and measure seven feet in length, with still another new growth of many more new 
fronds starting 0°^ specimen 
Our full Descriptive Catalogue will be mailed free on application. 
