910. CHAMAEDOREA COSTARICANA. A clumping palm of great beauty. The wide 
leaves and the stems are of a dark green. This species is frost resistant. 
912. CHAMAEDOREA KLOTZSCHIANA. A single-trunk palm with leaves distributed 
in groups along the leaf stem. The round black seeds are very decorative when suspended 
by the bright orange red branches of the inflorescence. State of Vera Cruz. 
914. CHAMAEDOREA TEPEJILOTE. A single-trunk palm that is large for most members 
of the genus. The leaves 4 to 6 feet. The pinnae 8 to 12 inches. The unopened male 
inflorescense may be used as a food, raw for a salad — cooked for a vegitable. 
Mexican. 
916. CHAMAEDOREA ERUMPENS. This palm grows in two forms—broad or narrow 
leaflets. We offer the former. It is one of the best clump-forming palms. British Hon- 
duras. 
918. CHAMAEDOREA HUMILIS. Grown from seeds collected for us in Chiapas. This 
dwarf palm is a gem—a small, delicate beauty. Single-trunked, with many fronds and 
broad dark-green leaflets. It flowers at a height of 10 inches. Obviously a fine addition 
to the smallest plant collection. 
920. CHAMAEDOREA SPP. From Chiapas comes a most interesting species. Single- 
trunked. The leaves are very narrow and long. This slenderness plus a glaucous cast to 
the plant suggests a high degree of tolerance to light. 
938. REINHARDTIA SPP. Sometimes placed under Malortiea. A diminutive palm from 
the State of Chiapas, with ‘’windows’”’ in its leaves. This lovely novelty has slender, 
multiple trunks, 4 inch in diameter, bi-lobed, simple, dentate leaves, with apertures 
in the leaf plane adjoining the midrib. This undergrowth palm is of great beauty 
and rarity. It has flowered in a 4 inch pot at a height of 12 inches. 
940. PHEONIX RECLINATA. The only palm that will live in the semi-tropics and that 
naturally reclines its trunk, thus producing the general silhouette of the coconut 
palm, is this South African species. Consequently, it is in the greatest demand and 
in the shortest supply. Due to the facility with which species of Phoenix hybridize 
among themselves, we consider that palms of PHOENIX RECLINATA grown in Southern 
California in recent years are hybrids. These do not have the degree of slenderness of 
trunk found in the species and which we consider an important element of its beauty. 
Our plants have been grown by us from seed imported from South Africa. This 
species produces multiple trunks naturally. If a single-trunk is desired, the off- 
shoots are easy to detach and become additional plants. 
950. Over the last twenty years we have experimented with the growing of fishtail 
palms in favorable places in the open in West Los Angeles. We have tested CARYOTA 
URENS, MITIS, CUMMINGII, and RUMPHIANA. None of these palms from the ultra- 
tropics could long withstand the cool nights. We were disposed to consider it hopeless to 
enjoy the beauty of these lovely plants, except under glass. 
We learned of a species of CARYOTA living in China at the northern edge of the 
range for the genus. Just before the communists took over, we manaaed to secure some 
seeds of this species. It is with the greatest pleasure and pride that we now offer 
plants that we are confident will live in the open in the coastal belt of Southern 
California. With their multiple-pinnate foliage they are beautiful to behold. 
To connoisseurs and collectors living in the coastal belt of Southern California 
we can supply in limited quantities palms of the following species, prices and sizes 
of which will be quoted upon inquiry: 
952. JUBAEA SPECTABILIS. The Chilean wine palm. In early fall the seeds are offered 
as edible nuts in a fruit and vegetable store in Nice. 
954. PARAJUBAEA COCOIDES. The Ecuadorian relative of the last. 
956. JUBAEOPSIS CAFFRA. The South African relative of the last two. 
958. ERYTHEA ELEGANS. The exact habitat of this palm from northwest Mexico is 
not known to botanists. 
960. WALLICHIA DISTICHIA. From the highlands of far India. 
962. NORMANBYA NORMANBYI. The rare Black Palm from Queensland. 
964. LIVISTONA MARIAE. The red-leaved fan palm from Never-never Land of Central 
Australia. 
966. PRITCHARDIA BECCARIANA. The South Sea Island fan palm. These are from 
the mountain slopes of the island of Hawaii. 
968. POLYANDROCOCCUS CAUDESCENS. Also known as DIPLOTHEMIUM CAUDES- 
CENS. A first importation of this South American fan palm. 
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