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JASMINLM GRANDIFLORUM, “Royal Jasmine,” India. The flowers 
are pure white, double and deliciously fragrant. 
J. HUMILE (J. revolutum), “Yellow Jasmine,” Asia. A beautiful shrub 
with yellow, fragrant flowers. 
PASSIFLORA COERULEA, “Passion Vine,” Brazil. The well-known, 
rapid-growing variety, with blue and white flowers. 
WI ST ARIA CHINENSIS, “Chinese Wistaria.” Most elegant and rapid 
growing climber; attains an immense size; pale blue flowers in long, 
pendulous clusters. 
\V. CHINENSIS FLORE-PLENO, “Double Purple Wistaria.” A rare 
variety, with long racemes of deep blue double flowers. 
PALMS, DRACAENAS, YUCCAS, ETC. 
AGAVE AMERICANA VARIEGATA, “Striped Century Plant,” Trop¬ 
ical America. A very fine plant, with leaves edged with yellow stripes. 
A. DESERTI, “Century Plant,” S. California. A Century Plant with glau¬ 
cous green leaves. 
C. HUMILIS ARBOREA. A magnificent fan palm. 
TRACH^YCARPUS EXCELSUS (Chamaerops excelsa), “Windmill 
Palm,” China, Japan, India, 30 ft. Leaves fan shaped; deeply cut; not a 
rapid grower, but very hardy and ornamental. 
CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS, “Dwarf Fan Palm,” Mediterranean region, 
20 ft. A very fine palm for small lawns, etc. 
DRACENA DRACO, Canary Islands, 66 ft. The celebrated Dragon 
Tree. 
CORDYLINE STRICT A, (D. stricta), Australia, 6-12 ft. Palm-tree tree, 
with flag-like leaves. 
CYCAS REVOLUTA, “Sago Palm.” A native of Japan; stem round, 
crowned with dark green, pinnated leaves; very hardy; beautiful for 
a lawn. 
\UCCA ALOEFOLIA QUADRICOLOR. A superb, erect plant; leaves 
variegate green and white. 
Y GLORIOSA VARIEGATA. /\ low-growing variety, with long, nar¬ 
row, variegated green leaves, and fine spikes of immense, creamy white 
flowers. 
\. FILAMENTOSA, “Adam’s Needle,” Southeastern U. S. A va¬ 
riety of compact growth, with dark green leaves and majestic spikes 
of yellowish white flowers. 
PHOENIX CANARIENSIS, “Ornamental Date Palm,” Canary Islands. 
The most graceful and handsome of our hardy palms; leaves pinnate and 
of a dark green color; an excellent lawn palm. 
PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA, “Date of Commerce.” Fruit, the edible 
date; leaves of a glaucous blue color; a more upright grower than the 
Canariensis. 
WASHINGTONIA FILIFERA, “California Palm,” Southern Califor¬ 
nia and Arizona, 50 ft. One of the most northern and therefore most 
hardy of American Palms. (See illustration on page 6.) 
