Title: Native and exotic plants, trees & shrubs
Identifier: CAT31285742 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Royal Palm Nurseries; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical plants Catalogs; Palms Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Oneco, Fla. : Royal Palm Nurseries, Reasoner Bros.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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30 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida PALMS AND CYCADS, continued fornia, etc., or in a temperature not lower than 15° Fahr. * Tropical species, not being able to with- stand more than light frosts without more or less injury. D, Especially recommended for cultivation in greenhouses or for house decoration, although all sorts named may be thus grown if given suitable tem- perature. (jJ^^All measurements are taken in a natural position, above the pots. ACROCOMIA Havanensis.**- Corojo Palm of Cuba. A slow-growiug, thorny sort. Very- small plants, 25 cts. each. A. sclerocarpa. ** The Groo-groo Palm. A South American species, growing 30 feet high; pin- nate-leaved and very spiny. Not very hardy, al- though we supposed it would be from its habitat so far below the equator. Rare. Plants showing character, $1 each. ARECA lutescens.* * D. Fromlndia. A favor- ite sort now with the florist, and useful in all deco- rations. A remarkably flue decorative Palm, with light green foliage and yellow stems, branching at the root and throwing up numerous suckers. Very choice for house or greenhouse, and succeeds with almost every one. Does not require excessive heat. Leaves pinnate. Beautiful young plants in several sizes. Small in 2-inch pots, 10 cts. each, $1 per doz.; larger with character, in 3-inch pots, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; nice plants 12 to 15 inches high, showy, 25 cts. each; 15 to 20 inches high, 35 cts. each; best bushy specimens (three plants grown together) two feet or more in height, $1 each. A> triandra.** D. A rare Indian species, having leaves from 3 to 6 feet in length, and reaching a height of 20 feet. Is fine when young as a pot- palm. Tender. Young plants, no character leaves, 15 cts. each; stronger, 25 cts. each. A R E N C A saccharifera. * * D. The Sugar- Palm of India. This celebrated and beautiful Palm attains a height of 40 feet. The black fibers of the leaf-stalks are adapted for cables or ropes intended to resist wet; the juice of the trunk is converted into sugar and toddy; the young seeds are made into preserves with syrup. The pith of the trunk sup- plies a form of sago, about 150 pounds to the tree. It is a fine pinnate Palm, handsome even when young. Small plants only, 50 cts. each. ASTROCARYUM Mexicanum.* * D. A very pretty Palm from Mexico, having a slender trunk
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Chamserops humilis. clothed with spines. The pinnate leaves are bright green above and silvery white on the under sur- faces; one of the best silver Palms. Of easy cul- ture and rapid growth. Nice small plants, no char- acter, $1 each. ATTALEA cohune. ** Cohune, or Monaco Palm of Guatemala. This makes a peculiarly strik- ing specimen, with immense, upright leaves, 15 to 30 feet long, pinnate, with the tips recurved grace- fully. Too large for ordinary cultivation in a house, but may be grown in large Palm houses, or outdoors in extreme South Florida and the Tropics. Young plants, $1 each. CARYOTA. ** D. A very interesting genus of tropical Palms, having delta-shaped, or fishtail- shaped leaflets, which make the graceful spreading fronds very attractive. C. purpuracea. Rare and interesting species from Java. Small plants, no character, 50 cts. each. C. mitis (C. sobolifera). This species is from Burma. Small plants, no character, 50 cts. each. C. urens. The Wine, or Fish-Tail Palm. This is the best known species, and is adapted for general cultivation. Needs considerable moist heat. It grows to a tree having leaves 3 to 12 feet long, and attaining a height of 50 feet, in the tropics. Small plants, 10 cts. each; better, 15 cts. each; 10 to 15 inches high, commencing character, 25 cts. each. CHAM/EROPS humilis * D. The Dwarf Fan- Palm of southern Europe. A very hardy and de- sirable species, with deeply divided leaves, and stems thickly covered with short thorns. Strong, beginning character nicely, 35 cts. each; better, 50 cts. each. Small plants, no character, 20 cts. each. C. humilis spinosa.* Differs but little from the type, but has more pronounced spines. Is very hardy. Strong plants, with character, 35 cts. to 50 cts. each. C. farinosa.* A distinct and hardy form. Strong plants, with character leaves, 30 cts. and 40 cts. each; small, at 20 cts. each. C. littoral is.* With character, 35 cts. and 50 cts. each. COCOS. A very large genus of Pinnate Palms mostly from South America. It contains both tropi- cal and semitropical species ; the hardy sorts being greatly esteemed as ornaments for streets and lawns, along the Gulf coast and Cali- fornia. C. Alphonsei.* Locally known in Florida as the Belair Palm. A stocky and rather quick grower for this gi-oup of hardy Cocos. Very hardy, having stood a temperature of 8° Fahr. in North Florida dur- ing the freeze of 1895 unharmed. Leaves blue-green, finely arched; seeds covered with an edible pulp. Small plants, 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. C. australis.* This beautiful and hardy Palm from Brazil and Uruguay is at home along the (lulf coast, and pretty well up the California coast. The leaves are pinnate, blue-green, and recurved. Tree is of slow growth, but eventu- ally reaches a hei^rht of 30 to 35 feet. Small plants, 30 cts, each.

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