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The Carolina palmetto! is a native of and useful in regions 12 and 
13, where it sometimes attains a height of 60 or 80 feet. It will 
thrive in regions 3 and 5, but is used less there. 
The Texas palmetto? is especially valuable for southern Texas, 
where it is indigenous, and it is likely to succeed generally in regions 
3, 5, and 12. It grows to a height of 40 feet and in appearance is 
quite distinct from the Carolina palmetto, the leaf segments being 
much broader and less drooping.* 
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Fig. 27.—A formal planting on a city street. Palms with interplantings. Redlands, Calif., in mid- 
summer. 
The Victoria palmetto‘ is another hardy species, probably a native 
of Mexico, but grown for many years at Victoria, Tex. It is similar 
to the native Texas species and worthy of general planting in the 
same region. A feature of this species is that the persistent leaf 
bases remain alive and green for many years instead of turning 
yellow or brown, as in the Carolina palmetto. 
WASHINGTONIA PALM. 
Washingtonia palms are a very conspicuous feature of street and 
ornamental planting im southern California. Two species are 
represented, Washingtonia filifera Wendland and W. robusta Wend- 
land. The first is a native of the canyons and barren slopes that 
surround the Coachella Valley of southern California, while the other 
species probably was brought by way of the Isthmus of Panama 
1 Inodes palmetto (Walt.) Cook. 
2 Inodes terana Cook. 
3 The Texas palmetto. Jn Jour. Heredity, v. 8, no.3,p.123, pl. 1917. 
4Cook, O. F. A new ornamental palmetto in southern Texas. In U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. 
Cir. 113, p. 11-14. 1913. 
