This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V29", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
One of the most beautiful Sago Palms west of the Mississippi is said to be in possession of Mr. M. J. Nagel, a noted landscape gardener of Jefferson City, Missouri. It is only 18 inches from the tub to the first leaves; but the stem is 2 feet 6 inches round, has 52 old leaves 3 feet 6 inches long, and is now pushing out 46 new leaves, which at date of this note were 3 feet 8 inches long. What a profitable plant it would be to some florist in those large cities where these plants are used for decoration, or the leaves themselves used in floral ornamentation !
If there is a finer plant west of the Mississippi, we should be glad to have the facts and figures.
 
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