Archive image from page 69 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 64 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. ACACIA longifolia. Southeastern Australia. Of very quick growth, and said to be valuable for planting on coast sands. 30 cents each. A. lophantha-magnifica, 'This is a very hand- some plant, with fern-like foliage. It is always attractive for window decoration. Pot into soil composed of three parts sandy loam and one part leaf-mould. Cut back once or twice during summer to make
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Archive image from page 69 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue and manual / Royal Palm Nurseries . descriptiveillus1893roya Year: 1892 64 Reasoner Bros., Oneco, Florida. ACACIA longifolia. Southeastern Australia. Of very quick growth, and said to be valuable for planting on coast sands. 30 cents each. A. lophantha-magnifica, 'This is a very hand- some plant, with fern-like foliage. It is always attractive for window decoration. Pot into soil composed of three parts sandy loam and one part leaf-mould. Cut back once or twice during summer to make them branch. By autumn they will be beautiful little plants for decorative purposes.' 35 cents each. A. macradenia. 30 cents each. A. Meissneri. 30 cents each. A. melanoxylon. •'Southeastern Australia. Gen- erally known as Black-Wood Tkee. In irri- gated glens of deep soil the tree will attain a height of eighty feet, with the stem several feet in diameter. The wood is most valuable for furniture, railroad cars and carriages, boat- building (stem and stern post, ribs, rudders), for tool handles, crutches, some portions of the work of organ builders, casks, billiard tables, piano-fortes (for sound-boards and actions), and numerous other purposes. The fine-grained wood is cut into veneers; it takes a fine polish, and is considered almost equal to walnut. The tree has proved hai-dy in the Isle of Arran.'— Von Mueller. 50 cents each. A, Mirbelli. 30 cents each. A. Nemu. The Japan Silk Tkee. Hardy in mid- dle Eui'ope. 40 cents each. A. podalyraiefolia. 30 cents each. A. pycnantha. Golden Wattle of Victoria and South Australia. Of value, second only to Decurrens, for tanners' bark. A magnificent tree, hardy in Southern California and Florida. 40 cents each. A. spinosa. 30 cents each. Of these Acacias, many have sword-shaped leaves, some delicate growths resembling Araucarias, and all are very ornamental and valuable for scenic planting outdoors, as well as for window culture. A c