. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SABAL BLACKBURNIANA. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX.* Florida and lower Georgia. A very hardy species, and a most elegant one for derorative purposes, "Around the bases of the petioles bristle numerous slender, keenly pointed brown spines about fifteen inches long, a wise provision of nature to preserve from
. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Tropical crops Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SABAL BLACKBURNIANA. RHAPIDOPHYLLUM HYSTRIX.* Florida and lower Georgia. A very hardy species, and a most elegant one for derorative purposes, "Around the bases of the petioles bristle numerous slender, keenly pointed brown spines about fifteen inches long, a wise provision of nature to preserve from harm the flower bud, which just before the burst- ing of the spathe, resembles a large snowy white egg, nestling among the hairy fibres, and which, but for this protection, would probably be eaten by animals. The leaf, of a green above and a silver gray beneath, is deeply slit into narrow ribbons, the points of which, spurred on one side, are slightly bifid, and the slender petioles are roughened with minute prickles. It is a beautiful ;—E. H. Hart. 25 cents to $ each. SABAL S. Adansonii.* The dwarf palm of Georgia and Florida. A very hardy species, and a favorite in greenhouse cultivation. The stem is short, or en- tirely under ground ; the graceful flower spike rises well above the fan-shaped leaves. 25 cents each. S. Blackburniaiia.* West Indies. One of the handsomest of the Sabals, and well suited to sub- tropical gardening or greenhouse decoration. 30 cents each. S. coerulescens.* A very handsome species, with light bluish green leaves, which make it conspicuous in a group of palms. 20 cents each. S. Palmetto.*- Florida, extending to South Car- olina. The Cabbage Palm. Visitors to the Southern States have praised the beauty and majestic appear- ance of this familiar palm, famous from well known historical associations which surround it. Theflabel- late pinnatfid leaves are from five to eight feet long, and nearly as wide. Valuable as a decorative plant for
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