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it has fine spreading and graceful foliage, vrith the small leaflets, 

 being very similar in shape, though much larger, to Adiantum 

 trapeziforme. C. urens is a stronger grower than the precedino-, but 

 somewhat like it. 



The CocoSf or cocoa-nut 

 genus, furnishes us with some 

 species that we must not on 

 any account pass over. First 

 on the list we must place 

 the beautiful C. Weddeliana, 

 for there is not another in 

 the whole family that can 

 beat it, where a small grow- 

 ing plant is required. The 

 fronds are rather small, and 

 remarkably graceful, being 

 boldly pinnate and intensely 

 glossy. "With this plant in 

 good condition, no difficulty 

 need be experienced in find- 

 ing a centre decoration for 

 the dinner-table ; indeed I 

 know of nothing which pre- 

 sents such a thoroughly 

 beautiful appearance in this 

 capacity. It is known under 

 two names, the other being 

 Leopoldiana imlcJira. 



Another good species, and equally beautiful, though of a totally 

 diflfereut magnitude, is the magnificent C. nucifera, the true " Cocoa- 

 nut Palm." All that it requires is plenty of room to develop its 



beauty. And it is one of the easiest 

 to obtain ; for there is no outlay ne- 

 cessary, beyond speculating a few pence 

 upon a cocoa-nut, and by treating it 

 as recommended in the chapter upon 

 sowing seeds, you will have a plant in 

 four or five years' time worth nearly 

 as many guineas as you paid pence for 

 the nut. I am not speaking at random, 

 for at the present moment I know a 

 plant, raised from a nut planted four 

 years back, that stands over six feet 

 high, and for which the proprietor 

 would not take less than five guineas 

 in the ordinary way of trade. It is 

 not in the possession of a private 

 grower, who could set any fancy price 

 . upon a plant because he had no wisli 



to part with it. I have also seen two plants, raised by a private 

 grower m the same space of time, that now stand twelve feet high, 



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