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Comal Springs Nursery, New Braunfels, Texas 
Hardy Out-door Palms 
Washingtonia (Prichardia Filifera) — The 
hardiest of the Washingtonia type, quick grow- 
er, more erect. Large plants, weight 50 to 100 
pounds, 3 feet, $2.00 each; 4 feet, $3.00 each. 
Sabal Palmetto — The famed cabbage Palmet- 
to. This forms a tall tree with a large head 
of fan leaves. This tree can be grown all over 
the South, and is very hardy here. One to 2 
feet, $2.00 each. 
Roses 
Strong field grown, 1 year old, 35 cents each; $3.50 per dozen, except where otherwise 
noted; 2 year old, extra strong, 50 cents each; $5.50 per dozen. 
Of all the flowers which man has taken into 
care, the rose has reached the highest degree 
of popularity. It is the queen of flowers, the 
flowers of poets, and will always be the dearest 
of flowers to the lover of the beautiful. 
While wild roses are met with in almost 
every country, the cultivation of the rose began 
probably at the same time when the cultivation 
of man began, and with the cultivation of man 
that the roses has kept pace, being now at the 
same height of development as is humanity. 
Ofthe many thousands of varieties which 
have for centuries been introduced by the hy- 
bridizers, those of each succeeding century 
show a marked improvement over those of 
the foregoing. Of the roses which were con- 
sidered the best only a century ago, very few 
are grown today. 
Many hundreds of different varieties have 
been tried on our grounds, and of all only 
such are described in the following list, which 
in our judgment, are the very best for outdoor 
planting. 
Fortunately, we live in a climate where even 
the tenderest roses stand the winter without 
cover, and any of the roses in this catalogue 
may be planted outdoors. 
Piant your roses in an open place. Never 
try to grow roses in the shade of trees. The 
