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PALM TREES GIVE THE PLACE 
Plioenix Canarcnsis 
_ One of the hardiest of the Fan Palms. Foliage 
Chamaerops t-xcclsa dark green; the segments of the fan-shaped leaves 
(Japanese Fan Palm) deeply cut, the edges covered with tooth-like 
spines. Grows from 15 to 20 feet high; very desir¬ 
able for sidewalk decoration. 
Balled, 3 to 4 ft.Each $3.50 
Balled, 2 to 3 ft.Each 2.00 
. The handsomest and hardiest species of the date 
i nOCniX Cananensis palm family. Being a rapid grower, it soon de- 
(TheCanary Island Date) velops into beautiful specimens, 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 alternately in rows. 
Balled, 4 to 5 ft.Each $4.00 
Balled, 3 to 4 ft.Each 3.00 
Balled, 2 to 3 ft.Each 2.00 
i . . jy , A distinct type; leaves drooping, much greener 
Washingtonia Kobusta 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. 
Balled, 3 to 4 ft.Each $3.00 
Balled, 2 to 3 ft.Each 2.00 
ROSES 
We grow only the best varieties of roses suitable for planting in California, 
selecting the varieties on account of their habit of growth, beauty of color and 
texture of the flowers. Our roses are grown in rich loamy soil, which is con¬ 
ducive to giving them fine tops, also a splendid fibrous root system. They 
are budded on Mannetti stock and are sturdier and longer lived than those 
grown on their own roots. When the plants are received by our customers 
the tops should be pruned back to at least eight inches, and not more than 
two branches should be allowed to remain. The best time for pruning is 
from the middle of December to the first of March. After the roses are well 
established and fall setting of bloom desired, the new growths can be cut 
back to one-half after they are through blooming — about the first of July. 
It is desirable, when such pruning is done to give the rose-bed a good fertili¬ 
zation by using well-rotted manure, and, if obtainable, blood and bone meal 
may be worked around the roots of the plants. The above pruning refers 
entirely to bush roses. With climbing roses the framework branches should 
