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THE FRESNO NURSERY CO. 
Palms, Agaves, Bamboos and Yuccas 
When planting palms and other stock 
which is taken from the nursery with a 
ball of earth around the root, do not 
remove the ball and sacking, simply cut 
the string which holds the burlap and 
throw same back from the main stem, 
planting sack and all. The sack will rot 
in a short time, meanwhile it will protect 
the root system until the palm becomes 
established. Many parties make the mis¬ 
take of removing the earth and ball, which 
is practically suicidal to the plant. 
The palm, the most highly ornamental of 
evergreen plant life, is particularly adapt¬ 
ed to Caliofrnia owing to the semi-tropical 
climate. All varieties thrive well and for 
their tropical appearance, make our gardens 
attractive to Eastern visitors. After once 
established, their culture is very easy and 
no garden is complete without a few of 
the different varieties. 
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Chninaerops exoelsa palm 
California Fan Palm. ( Pritchardia filifera.) 
The well-known native palm. Leaf stalks 
very long; at the edge of the leaves are pro¬ 
duced many thread-like filaments; rapid 
grower. 
Chninaerops exoelsn. (Japanese Fan Palm.) 
One of the hardiest of the Fan Palms. 
Foliage dark green; the segments of the 
fan-shaped leaves deeply cut, the edges cov¬ 
ered with tooth-like spines. Grows from 15 
to 20 feet high: very desirable for sidewalk 
decoration. 
Phoenix Cannricnsis palm 
Coryplia Australis. (Livistonia.) An Austra¬ 
lian palm. Foliage dark green; very sym¬ 
metrically and regularly slit, the segments 
partially doubled from base of petioles or 
leaf stalk, which is thickly armed with 
crooked spines. Used chiefly for house deco¬ 
ration, though hardly in some locations. 
Cyeas Itevolutn. The well-known “Sago Palm” 
so much in demand for inside decoration. 
The stems are cylindrical, terminating in a 
crown of handsome, feather-shaped leaves 
of thick leathery texture. In the southern 
part of this State this variety grows to 
perfection out of doors. 
Kentia Fosterlnna. One of the finest of the 
Kentias, with graceful, bright green foliage. 
Iuintaiia Borhonica. Leaves large, fan-shaped 
of a very cheerful green color; plant of 
hardy construction, and adapted to all dec¬ 
orative purposes within doors. Appreciated 
by all the plant-loving community. 
Phoenix fanminisis. (The Canary Island 
Date.) The handsomest and hardiest spe¬ 
cies of the date palm family. Being a rapid 
grower, it soon develops into beautiful speci¬ 
mens, with pinnate, dark green leaves, from 
6 to 21 feet long, the divisions linear, lance¬ 
shaped, very much pointed. It is fully as 
hardy as the native Fan Palm and differing 
so widely from that variety in its habit of 
growth, color, and style of foliage, a finer 
contrast cannot readily be imagined when 
the two are planted, either opposite or alter¬ 
nately in rows. 
Phoenix dactylifera. (Fruiting Date Palm.) 
Trunk slender, leaves decidedly upright and 
of a silvery green. 
Washington in filifera. (See California Fan 
Palms.) Native to Southern California. The 
most hardy and popular of the broad-leaved 
varieties. 
Wasliingtonia robust a. A distinct type; leaves 
drooping, much greener than preceding and 
with fewer white filaments. Petioles more 
heavily spined. Much more rapid grower 
than W. filifera; trunk much more slender 
than that variety. 
