TROPICAL DECORATIVE FOLIAGE PLANTS 
Palms and Cycads 
Make ideal house plants. The following 
list are those best for pot culture or may 
be grown out in warm climates. 
Areea Lutescens 
Areca Lutescens— GOLDEN FEATHER 
PALM. Graceful curving foliage with 
stems golden. Prefers some _ shade. 
Suckers freely, making a full plant. 
Small Plants 75c, Medium $1.50, Speci- 
men Plants $3.00 to $10.00. 
Mitis 
Caryota 
Caryota Mitis—FISHTAIL PALM. The 
light. green foliage of this plant resem- 
bles fins of a fish tail. Suckers freely, 
making a bushy plant. Rather dwarf, ex- 
cellent for pot culture. Small Plants 
$2.50, Specimen Plants $5.00 to $10.00. 
Elegans — Neanthe Bella. 
New Dwarf palm. First leaves show 
character, resembles Royal palm, in 
miniature. Small plants ideal for Dish 
Gardens. A choice house palm, needs 
shade. Medium $1.50. 
Cycas Circinalis—QUEEN SAGO PALM. 
Most beautiful of the cycads. Produces 
a crown of broad, dark green, waxy, fern- 
like leaves, attaining in mature speci- 
mens a length of from 6 to 8 feet. Med- 
ium Plants $3.00, Specimen Plants $5.00 
COmoiion Os 
Cycas Revoluta—SAGO PALM. Same as 
Queen Sago except leaves _ slightly 
smaller and stiffer, more hardy. Medium 
Plants $2.00, Specimen Plants $5.00 to 
$10.00. 
Chamaedorea 
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Kentia Palm. Dark green, long, drooping 
leaves. Most widely used palm for tub 
culture. We have both Kentia Fosteriana 
and Kentia Belmoreana. Small Plants 
$1.00, Specimen Plants $3.00 to $15.00. 
Phoenix Roebelini—PIGMY DATE PALM. 
Probably most widely used as house 
plant. Dwarf, handsome palm with a 
fine fernlike foliage. Small Plants 75c, 
Medium $1.50, Specimen Plants $3.00 
to $15.00. 
Ravenala Madagascariensis — TRAVEL- 
ER’S TREE. Leaves fan out in opposite 
directions. Foliage resembles Banana 
plant. Striking and odd. Small Plants 
$2.00, Specimen Plants $7.50 to $15.00. 
Rhapis Flabelliformis—RATTAN PALM. 
Erect stems are covered with woven 
black hair-like fibers. Very unusual palm, 
hardy, easy to grow, slow’ grower. 
Leaves 5 to 7 parted, fan shape. Small 
Plants $1.50, Medium $2.50, Specimen 
Plants $5.00 to $10.00. 
Washingtonia Robusta—THREAD PALM. 
Fan shaped leaves edged with white 
threads. Rapid grower, best of this type 
palm. Small Plants 75c, Medium $1.50, 
Specimen Plants $3.00 to $10.00. 
Zamia Integrifolia—COONTIE PALM. A 
dwarf native Florida cycad. Excellent 
for tubs or for planting in warm cli- 
mates in exposed, dry, sunny positions. 
Small Plants 50c, Medium $1.50. 
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