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BEAUTIFUL 
PALMS 
Latania Borbonica. Leaves large, fan¬ 
shaped, of a very cheerful green color; 
plant of hardy construction, and adapted 
to all decorative purposes within doors. 
Appreciated by all the plant-loving com¬ 
munity. 
Phoenix Canariensis. 
Phoenix Canariensis. (The Canary Island 
Date.) The handsomest and hardiest spe¬ 
cies of the date palm family. Being a 
rapid grower, it soon develops into beauti¬ 
ful specimens, with pinnate, dark green 
leaves, from 6 to 21 feet long, the divi¬ 
sions 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 can¬ 
not readily be imagined when the two are 
planted, either opposite or alternately in 
rows. 
Phoenix dactylifera. (Fruiting Date Palm.) 
Trunk slender, leaves decidedly upright 
and of a silvery green. 
Washingtonia robusta. A distinct type; 
leaves drooping, must greener than pre¬ 
ceding and with fewer white filaments. 
Petioles more heavily spined. Much more 
rapid grower than W. filifera; trunk much 
more slender than that variety. 
Washingtonia sonorae. One of the most dis¬ 
tinct. Very similar to W. robusta, but 
more dwarf. Deaf-stalks much shorter, 
more heavily armed. 
AGAVE, ETC. 
Agave Americana. (Century Plant.) The 
well-known “Century Plant;" glaucous 
green leaves. 
Dracena Australis. Very fine; stout branched 
stem; flag-like leaves, 2 to 3 feet long. 
Yucca aloifolia quadricolor. Beautifully va¬ 
riegated, marked with narrow yellow and 
green stripes. 
Washingtonia filifera. (See California Fan 
Palms ) Native to Southern California. 
The most hardy and popular of the broad¬ 
leaved varieties. 
Washington Filifera. 
