The propagation of Pats in general is very difficult. Some 
{pecies of Zamia and Cycas may indeed be increafed by divifion; - 
but of forty-two fpecies of Palms, including cycadee, under cul- 
tivation, at the prefent time, in the ftoves of Mefirs. Loppicxs 
and Sons, not more than nine can be propagated in this Way ; 
the reft muft all be raifed from feeds, which fhould be fown as 
foon as gathered, or imported alive from the tropical climes of 
which they are natives. We are alfo informed by Mr. Grorce 
Loppices, that the whole family likes a fandy light foil, which 
will not retain the water, but fuffer it to drain off freely : and 
that their heads fhould be kept in a warm humid atmofphere. 
But every attempt to keep up the heat of the ftove to a ftated 
_ degree, +he confiders as abfurd, as even the hotteft climates vary 
extremely; and their ftoves at Hackney not unfrequently have 
a temperature of 120° and as low as 60°, in the fame day ; and 
this change is fo far from injuring their inhabitants, that thefe 
are manifeftly benefited thereby. 
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