SUBTROPICAL DIVISION— Palms 45 
Palms 
Owing to the growing popularity of Palms we are making a specialty of them and have them in immense 
quantities, and can supply them by the 100 or 1,000. 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 part of our stock is carried through the summer in slat-houses, where 
they have free circulation of air, and aclean and healthy growth, becoming thoroughly well hardened off by 
fall. Our plants can, therefore, stand long-distance carriage without injury, and will not suffer from the 
sudden change from a high greenhouse temperature when removed 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. Youn plants of such varieties as Phoenix, 
Seaforthia, and a few others, do not show their characteristic forms Aa until the second year. The 
lowest prices refer to 2-year-old plants, ranging from ro to 12 inches, according to variety. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS.—Use a compost of equal parts of leaf-mold, rich garden soil and well-decayed cowdung, and some 
bone meal. Give ample drainage, and keep plants in open air, but in partial shade, during summer. Water regularly during summer. Keep 
soil moist only during winter, and foliage free from dust. Repot large plants in February, and small ones twice during summer. The 
varieties marked with an asterisk (*) are the most hardy, and are suitable for middle Florida; the others are for the conserva- 
tory and tropical countries. 
SECTION II 
LEAVES PINNATE 
Areca lutescens. One of the most beautiful and 
valuable Palms. Foliage graceful, bright green, with 
rich golden stems. Plants 10 to 12 inches, 25 cts.; 
15 to 18 inches, 50 cts.; 20 to 24 inches, $1. Speci- 
men plants, 20 to 24 inches, 3 in a pot, $1.50; 30 to 
36 inches, $3. 
Areca rubra. Stems red; foliage reddish green in 
young plants. 50 cts. and 75 cts. 
*Cocos Alphonsei. Known in South Florida as the 
Belair Palm. A tall-growing tree; leaves bright 
green. 50 cts. 
*Cocos plumosa. Leaves very long, drooping pinne 
1 to 2 feet, in bunches; flowers waxy. 50 cts.; 
larger, $r. 
3 Cocos Weddelliana. The most graceful of all small 
SECTION I Palms; stems slender and erect; leaves long and nar- 
PALMATE, or FAN-SHAPED LEAVES 
E row, of a rich green, gracefully arched. A valuable 
*Chamaerops Fortunei, or excelsa (Chusan Fan Pal- variety for decorating apartments. 8 inches, 50 cts.; 
metto). The hardiest of all exotic Palms, suitable for | 0 to 12 inches, 75 cts.; 12 to 15 inches, 4 in a 
either conservatory or open ground. Plants 12 to 15 pot, $r. 
inches high, 50 cts. 
*Chamaerops argentea and Canariensis are beauti- 
ful varieties, varying more or less in leaves and length 
of petioles. Plants 12 inches high, socts.; larger, $1. 
*Corypha Australis. Of robust growth and dark 
green foliage; can stand a lower temperature than 
Latanias. Plants 12 inches high, 25 cts.; 15 inches, 
so cts.; 20 to 24 inches, $r. : 
Corypha Gebanga. A tall, stately Palm from Java. 
Leaves fan-shaped, glaucous, divided into segments. 
12 inches high, 50 cts.; 15 to 18 inches, $1. 
*LATANIA BORBONICA 
(Chinese Fan Palm) 
‘The most popular of this section. Desirable for all 
decorative purposes. Large stock, all sizes. 
3-in. pots, 2 characterized leaves, 12 in. high, $o 25 
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Please note that only characterized leaves are in- 
cluded, and not seed leaves, of which every plant ba sie 
from 3- and 4-inch pots has from two to four. ARECA LUTESCENS. 
