Lexicographical Neighbors of Kentias
Literary usage of Kentias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"This is particularly the case with the so-called kentias and rhapis. A certain
howea (or Kentia Forsteriana) is protected only bv a large overhanging branch ..."
2. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"Of course, it will never be a rival to the kentias, as its first leaves are as
... What would the decorator of to-day do if he could not obtain kentias, ..."
3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"In regard to hardiness of foliage, it is fully equal to the kentias, and for
gracefulness and symmetry of growth will compare favorably with any of the ..."
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