ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT—PALMS 
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HIBISCUS ROSA SINENSIS — Continued. 
H. decorus. Single rose. 
H. double salmon. 
H. double yellow. 
H. grandiflorus. Single rt'd; very large. 
H. Lambortyi. Vivid red; single. 
H. miniata. Vivid red; double. Very beautiful. 
H. peach blow. This is a tine new variety. Colo* a 
most beautiful shade of clear pink; double. 
H. sub-violaceus. Crimson-violet; double. 
H. versicolor. Crimson, mottled white; single. 
JASMINUM 
JASMINE. 
Each. 
Very heavy, well-branched plants 
from 4-inch pots . $0.50 
Heavy, well-branched plants from 4- 
inch pots . 35 
Strong, well-branched plants irora 3- 
inch pots . 25 
10 
$4.00 
3.00 
2.00 
Jasminum Grand Duke. Double white; exeremely 
fragrant. 
J. Maid of Orleans. Seml-aouble; white; very fragrant. 
J. Sambac. (Arabian Jasmine.) Flowers single white; 
very fragrant; profuse bloomer. 
MEYENIA ERECTA 
Each. 10 
Very strong plants, from 4-inch pots.. $0.50 .. 
Strong plants, from 3-inch pots.25 $2.00 
Meyenia erecta alba. A large shrub. Flowers large 
white, with yellow throat. Almost a perpetual 
bloomer. In middle Florida this plant is perfectly 
hardy, and attains a height of 10 to 20 feet. A most 
beautiful plant. 
M. ©recta cerulea. Of same habit as M. erecta alba, 
but with flowers of intense violet, with rich orange 
throat. 
TECOMA CAPENSIS (Climber) 
Each. 10 
Strong plants, from 3-irtch pots. $0.25 $2.00 
Tecoma capcnsis. Flowers bright red; blooms continu¬ 
ally during the summer. A beautiful plant. Hardy 
south of Savannah. 
PALMS 
Owing to the grwoing popularity of Palms we are making 
a specialyty of them, and can supply these by the thousand. 
We devote upwards of 30,000 square feet of glass to this 
class of plants. During winter our Palm houses are kept 
under as low a temperature as is consistent with the health 
of the plants, and the largest port of our stock is carried 
through the summer in slat houses, where they have free 
circulation of air and a clean and healthy growth, becoming 
thoroughly hardened off by fall. Our plants can, therefore, 
stand distant carriage without injury, and will not suffer 
from the sudden change when removed from a high green¬ 
house temperature to that of a sitting-room. 
All our Palms, being grown in pots, can be forwarded 
during the whole year. Measure is from top of pot to top 
of plant, in its natural position. 
We would state that as all varieties do not grow alike 
we cannot quote plants of equal height at the same price. 
Some are of rapid growth, others affect a dwarf habit. 
Young plants of such varieties as Phoenix, Saeforthia and a 
few others, do not show their characteristic forms of foliage 
until the second year. The lowest prices refer to 2-year-old 
plants, ranging from 10 to 12 inches, according to Variety. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS—Use a compost of equal 
parts of leaf-mold, rich garden soil and well-decayed cow- 
dung and some bone meal. Give drainage and keep plants 
in open air, but in partial shade during summer. Water 
regularly during summer. Keep soil only moist during win¬ 
ter and foliage free from dust. Repot large plants in Feb¬ 
ruary and smaller one twice during summer. The varieties 
marked with an asterisk (*) are the most hardy and suitable 
for open ground in Middle Florida; the others are for the 
conservatory and tropical countries. 
Kentia. 
ARECA 
Areca lutescens. One of the most beautiful and valu¬ 
able Palms. Foliage graceful, bright green, with 
rich golden stems. 
Each. 10 
24 to 30 inches, 5-inch pots. $1.00 . 
20 to 24 inches, 4-inch pots . 50 . 
15 to 18 inches, 3-inch pots...35 $3.00 
A. Lutescens. Made-up plants—three plants in a pot: 
Each. 
24 to 30 inches, very bushv. 6-inch pots. $2.00 
20 to 24 inches, very bushy, 5-inch pots. 1.00 
15 to 18 inches, 4-inch pots.50 
-CHAMAEROPS 
Chamacrops fortune!, or excelsa —CHUSAN FAN PAL¬ 
METTO. The hardiest of all exotic palms. Stands 
a cold of several degrees below freezing. Grows to 
a height of 10 to 15 feet. Is very graceful and or¬ 
namental. Does best in a rich and partially-shaded 
situation. Each. 10 
15 inches, strong plants. $0.75 $5.00 
12 inches, strong plants. .50 4.00 
C. gracilis. A very graceful variety, with deeply cut, 
fan-shaped leaves. 
Each. 10 
15 to 18 inches, 4-inch pots. $0.50 $4.00 
*CORYPHA AUSTRALIS 
Each. 10 
15 to 18 inches, 4-incli pots. $0.50 $4.00 
Of robust growth; foliage very stiff; dark green, 
fan-shaped leaves. Can stand more cold than Latanias. 
*CYCAS REVOLUTA 
SAGO PALM 
Each. 
Stems 5 inches in diam., 10 to 12 perfect leaves..$3.00 
Stems 4 inches in diam., 8 to 10 perfect leaves. .. 2.50 
Stems 4 inches in diam., 6 to 8 perfect leaves. 1.50 
Stems 3% to 4 ins. in diam., 5 to 6 perfect leaves 1.00 
A valuable decorative plant, both for garden and 
house. We have a beautiful stock of this old favorite. 
Hardy at Charleston. 
