This "City of Palms" boasts hundreds of stately Royal palm trees, which can grow to a height of 100 feet.

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The first palms were planted in 1898, and in 1901 - when inventor Thomas Edison built a summer home here on McGregor Boulevard - he began planting Royal palms along the roadside. Now a parallel line of 1,999 palm trees decorates the boulevard.

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