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Identifier: catalogue1906fanc (find matches)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Fancher Creek Nurseries; Roeding, George Christian, 1868-1928; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Fresno, Calif. : George C. Roeding
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Cycas Revoluta. The Sago Palm. MACROZAMIA. *Macroz,amia spiralis. A very handsome palm with long pinnated shining, green leaves, except at the base where they are ivory white. Leaves and trunk some- what similar to Cycas. PHOENIX. Phoenix Canariensis. "Canary Island Palm." The most graceful and the handsomest of our hardy palms; leaves pinnate and of a deep, dark green color; one of the most effective palms on a lawn, and worthy of the attention of all admirers of the Palm family; fruit not edible. Phoenix dactylifera. Arabia and N. Africa, ioo ft. Produces the famous dates of commerce; the date palm is dioecious, that is, the male and female flowers ap- pear on different trees; fruit is secured â by suspending male blossoms in the tree developing female flowers, when the same are in the receptive stage; luxuri- ates in the strongest alkaline soils, where other trees fail entirely. Phoenix reclinata. "Dwarf Date Palm." S. Africa, 12-20 ft. Very graceful, droop- ing leaves; very handsome for avenue or lawn use; not as hardy as some of the other sorts. Phoenix rupicola. Himilaya, 15-20 ft. Has wide-spreading, arching leaves, and one of the finest of the genus for pot cul- ture. Phoenix sylvestris. "Wild Date Palm." In- dia, 25-40 ft. Very hardy and useful, the leaves being used for mats, ropes and bas- kets, and the sap furnishing the palm su- gar in its native country; leaves long, arched and of a glaucous green color; closely allied to the date of commerce. RHAPIS. *Rhapis flabelliformis. "Ground Rattan Cane." China and Japan. A very pretty, cane-like palm, which suckers from the roots like Bamboo, with many-fingered dark green leaves, borne at the end of the reed-like stems. *Rhapis humilis. Low growing, very simi- lar to the preceding, except that the stems are thicker and shorter and the palmated leaves are broader. SABAL. Sabal Adansoni. "Dwarf Palmetto." South- ern states, 3-6 ft. Leaves a dark, rich green, with smooth edged stems; flower- spike rises above the leaves to a height of six or seven feet; this palm resists severe cold unharmed.
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Washingtonia robusta. Washingtonia filifera. Palms of same age. showing remarkable difference in habit and growth. Sabal Blackburnianum. West Indies, 30-40 ft. A very distinct, slow-growing variety; leaves long, bluish green. S)ibal Palmetto. "Cabbage Palmetto." 20-80 ft. A native of the southern states and famous for its historical association and for the imperishable nature of its wood when under water; leaves long and deeply divided; the bases of the leaf stalks re-

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