15th annual catalogue of the Germain Seed and Plant Co (1900) (16045429223)

Title: 15th annual catalogue of the Germain Seed and Plant Co
Identifier: 15thannualcatalo1900germ (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Greenhouse plants Catalogs; Poultry Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 103 Per Per 10 Seeds. 100 Kentia Belmoreana. This fine palm is a valuable addition to our collections; its leaves are pinnate, dark green, and so beautifully crisp as to gain for it the name of "Curly Palm." It is very elegant and graceful in habit, a native of Lord Howe's Island, where it attains a height of 40 feet 40c 3.00 Canterburyana. This is a truly handsome species, native of Lord Howe's Island, with pinnate leaves, and a very robust habit. It is called in its native country the " Umbrella Palm." It is an exceedingly ornamental plant, and well adapted for decorative purposes 50c ^5.00 Forsteriana. In its native country this plant is known as the "Thatch Palm," on account of its leaves being used for thatching houses. It is a robust-growing species, often at- taining a height of from 40 to 50 feet. Leaves pinnate, and very deep green: native of Lord Howe's Island.. 50c 74.00
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Ijatania Borbonica. Native of the Isle of Bourbon. Leaves large, fan-shaped, armed edges, and enveloped at the base in a net work of brown, fibrous tissues. It is a beau- tiful lawn plant, and when grown in large tubs or pots, this palm is the one best suited and most largely used for the decoration of hotel verandas; hardy. Oz. 25c; lb. $2.50. Oreodoxa Regia. "Royal Palm." Native of Cuba. This noble plant attains a height of 60 feet. Leaves pinnate. Is largely grown for house decoration, but can scarcely be considered hardy out of doors here 15c 75c Plioenix Canariensis. (See cut.) An elegant and most hardy variety of the Date Palm, much used around Los Angeles for lawns. Very handsome and durable 10c 50e