CALIFORNIA NURSERY NIL ES'CALIFORNIA 4 
PALMS 
T HE hardy Palms undoubtedly constitute the chief glory of our Californian vegetation and go 
further toward creating and maintaining the semi-tropical appearance than any other class of 
trees or plants. Owing to great diversity in growth and habit, they can be used in many dif¬ 
ferent localities for a variety of purposes. For street planting we particularly recommend 
Trachycarpus excelsus and T. nepalensis, as their trunks are very small and require almost no space. 
It should be remembered that palms can be transplanted safely no matter how large or old, if 
properly done. 
CHAMAEROPS 
Includes only the European Dwarf Fan Palm. 
The Japanese Fan Palms will be found under 
Trachycarpus. The former have long spines on 
the leafstalk; the latter have none. 
C. humilis. DWARF FAN PALM. Mediterra¬ 
nean region. 20 ft. Dwarf, hardy Palm of extremely 
slow growth. Leaves very small with spiny stalks, 
segments rigid and double-pointed. A very useful 
Palm for a small lawn. Fine for tub culture. 
Handsome and requires but little space. 
C. humilis argentea. Variety of preceding and 
identical except that the dark green leaves are 
very silvery on lower surface. When the young 
leaves are first expanding, this surface faces out¬ 
ward, contrasting finely with the older leaves. 
COCOS 
Genus of very graceful Palms, including the 
Coconut. There is considerable variation in 
habit and appearance, but all have pinnate leaves. 
The first three species listed compose the “aus¬ 
tralis” type, all very hardy and of comparatively 
dwarf growth, with recurved leaves; the last 
three are in the “plumosa” group, of very erect 
growth and have long, nearly erect, plumy leaves. 
Names are as they are understood in California 
and probably do not correspond with botanical 
names. 
C. australis (C. eriospatha). 12 ft. Remarkably 
handsome and graceful Palm. Leaves are strongly 
arched and even recurved. Often all the leaves on 
a plant are similarly bent to one side while arch¬ 
ing, giving a unique and striking spiral effect to 
the whole Palm. Leaf segments very long, nar¬ 
row. sage green and more or less glaucous. Forms 
practically no trunk, at least not for many years. 
Splendid for lawn planting, as it will not grow out 
of all bounds and overshadow everything else as 
tlie Date Palm often does. It Is thoroughly hardy 
here and certainly ought to be far more widely 
planted. Cannot be recommended too highly. 
C. bonneti. Generally similar to preceding, but 
very glaucous. Equally hardy and desirable. 
C. campestris. Another similar and hardy kind. 
Leaves gracefully recurved, but rather rigid. 
C. datil. Belongs to the tall, erect-growing 
“plumosa” type and is by far the hardiest kind in 
that section. It is even more slender and graceful 
than C. plumosa. It is unfortunate that this section 
of the State is practically without specimens of 
this type of palm, which adds so much to the re¬ 
gion from Santa Barbara south. This is doubtless 
due to the susceptibility to frost of C. plumosa, 
but, with this hardier form available, there is no 
good reason why this condition should not be obvi¬ 
ated. 
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Our Office Building: On Lawn, Cocos australis 
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