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Title: Armstrong Nurseries
Identifier: armstrongnurseri1941arms (find matches)
Year: 1941 (1940s)
Authors: Armstrong Nurseries (Ontario, Calif. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Catalogs; Nursery stock California Catalogs; Fruit trees California Catalogs; Ornamental trees California Catalogs; Shrubs California Catalogs; Flowers California Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental California Catalogs
Publisher: Ontario, Calif. : Armstrong Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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The Avocado as a Beautiful Garden Shade Tree A beautiful shade tree for the average home garden is the Avocado. Not too large for most gardens, the roots do not interfere with the rest of the plants, and the hundreds of delicious, healthful fruits every year are not to be overlooked. See pages 21-22. Armstrong Palms Cocos Palms Cocos plumosa. "Queen Palm." 17°. South- ern California's favorite Palm is the Queen Palm, with a tall, slender, smooth trunk topped with a plume-like crown of feathery, graceful leaves. The roots accommodate themselves to surprisingly small spaces and when once established they need very little water. For parkways, patios, and lawn plantings the Cocos plumosa lends an informal yet digni- fied tropical appearance. Balled, 18-20 ft., $30.00; 8-13 ft , $6.00; 7-8 ft., $4.00; 6-7 ft., $3.00; 5-6 ft., $2.25. Cocos australis. "Pindo Palm." 10-15 ft. 10°. A stout short-trunked Palm with arching, graceful leaves of powdery blue. The fruit is good to eat, something like a loquat. 21/2-3 ft., $2.50; gal. containers, 60c. Dwarf Palm Chamaerops humilis. 6 ft. 15°. The short trunk is soon hidden in a mass of leafy suck- ers, making each plant a miniature thicket. 5-gal. containers, $2.00; gal. containers, 60c. Blue Palm Erythea armata. "Blue Palm." 15°. Dis- tinguished by the lovely steel-blue color of its fan-like leaves. Slow growing. 5-gal. con- tainers, 2-3 ft., $2.50; gal. containers, 60c. Guadalupe Palm Erythea edulis. "Guadalupe Palm." 30 ft. 15°. A rapid growing fan palm with large, iong-lived, rich green leaves, found in the wild state only on the Island of Guadalupe off the coast of Lower California. Stands ocean winds well and grows anywhere. Boxed specimens, 4-5 ft., $10.00; 5-gal. con- tainers, 11/2-2 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 60c. Date Palm Phoenix canariensis. "Ornamental Date Palm." 10°. Its dense, immense crown of beautiful curving leaves, each 15 feet long and of a pleasing dark green color, and its stately and rapid growth under all conditions, combine to make it an ideal Palm for street, park and lawn, from seacoast to desert. 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $1.75; gal. containers, 50c. Fan Palms Washingtonia filifera. "California Fan Palm." 30-50 ft. 10°. Native to our California des- erts, the Washingtonias are fitting permanent memorials to the Father of our Country. Hairy fan-shaped leaves and a big sturdy trunk characterize this variety. Boxed specimens 4-5 ft., $12.50; 5-gal. containers, 2-3 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 50c. Washingtonia gracilis. (W. robusta.) 50-100 ft. 12°. Similar to W. filifera, but the leaves are smooth, without hair, and the trunk is much taller and more slender. Boxed speci- mens, 6 ft., $15.00; 5-gal. containers, 3-4 ft , $2.50; 2-3 ft., $2.00; gal. containers, 50c. — 59 — Fruiting Ornamentals Fruiting Ornamental Bushes Calamondin. Fragrant blooms and little orange fruits. See page 4. Myrtle-Leaved Orange. Handsomely fohaged, golden yellow fruits, very hardy. See page 2. Strawberry Guavas. 5 ft. Glossy foliaged, medium sized, de- licious fruits. See page 7. Meyer Lemon. Large, fragrant blooms; showy and useful orange-yellow fruits, hardy too. See page 4. Pineapple Guava (Feijoa). 8 ft. Unique scarlet blooms, hand- some grey-green foliage, richly perlumed fruits. See page 8. Rose-Apple. 8-10 ft. Big, handsome, green and bronze foliage. Fruit rose-scented, rose-flushed. See page 8. Surinam Cherry. Handsome, bronzy green foliage, dense and bushy. Fruit like a tiny three-lobed tomato. See page 51. Fruiting Ornamental Vines Chinese Gooseberry (Actinidia chinensis). Handsome, twin- ing evergreen shoots, big, roundish, 5-inch leaves, 2-inch white flowers in the spring, and large, 2-inch fruits like giant gooseberries. Temperatures down to 22°. Plant two to be sure of getting Iruit. Gal. containers, 75c. Chayote Perennial Fruiting Vine. Should grow 20 to 30 feet the first season. Big leaves, big pear-shaped fruit. See page 8. Passion Fruit. Unique blue and white flowers and big, pur- ple, egg-shaped fruits. See page 8. Grapes. For sunshine in winter, and shade in summer, there is nothing better than strong growing grape varieties, such as Giant Everbearing, Rose of Peru, Black Hamburg, California Concord and Christmas. See pages 19 and 20. Fruiting Ornamental Trees Chestnuts. Dense summer shade and big mahogany nuts. See page 12. Loquats. A delicious sub-tropical fruit, hardy almost any- where in California. Very handsome, small shade tree. See page 8. Macadamia. Handsome foliage, richly flavored nuts. See page 7. McAllister Hiccan. Handsome leaves almost 2 feet long make delightful summer shade. Fast growing; enormous nuts. See page 12. Pecans. The Mahan Pecan makes a fine fast growing, tall, spreading shade tree. Delicious big nuts, too. See page 13. Heartnut. Big. 2-ft. leaves; fast growing, luxuriant summer shade tree, with uniquely flavored nuts shaped like a heart. 4-6 ft., $3.00; 2-3 ft., $2.50. Persian Mulberry. For a small shade tree which takes little room but has big, long, 2-inch, juicy, sweet berries, plant this one. See page 28. White Sapote. Fast growing, bearing heavy crops. See page 8. Grasses Grape Hyacinth Blooms Ophiopogan jaburan aureo variegatus. l'/2-2 ft. Robust, graceful, low grass which makes a thick clump of narrow, handsome green leaves, striped with gold, surmounted by spikes of beautiful blue flowers that look like the blooms of Grape Hyacinth. Very handsome. 4-inch pots, 50c each. $4.00 per 10. Pampas Grass Pampas Grass. 6 ft. Handsome big clump of long, arching, grass-like leaves, surmount- ed by great silvery white plumes. Ours is the superior, fluffy, silvery white plume, bet- ter than the ordinary type. 5-gal. containers, $1.50; gal. containers, 50c. Pennisetum Ruppelii. "Fountain Grass." 3-4 ft. Beautiful dense tuft of handsome grassy leaves and lovely rosy crimson flcwer spikes on slender bending stems. Perfectly hardy. Full sun. Gal. containers, 60c. New Zealand Flax Phormium tenax veitchianum. "New Zea- land Flax." 4-6 ft. Long, rigid, ribbonlike leaves, marked with creamy-white stripes on a green ground. The reddish purple flower stalks borne occasionally become 10 feet high. The leaves are often used now in dainty bowl arrangements. 5-gal. containers, $1.75; gal. containers, 60c. Bamboos are described and priced on Page 37.

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