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well adapted for the summer garden, and needing a warm (jreenJiouse 

 in winter. 



Brahea dulcis and B. nohiUs are fine palms from Mexico, nearly 

 hardy. 



Ghamcedorca atrovirens^ C. eJegans, and C. Vemcliajfeltiana need 

 the warm greenhouse, yet are pretty hardy. Give them a rich soil, 

 say one-fourth, or even one-third well-rotted manure, and abundance 

 of water all the summer. 



Cocos australis and C. campestris are two of the cocoa-nut palms, 

 extraordinarily beautiful, and easy to keep in a cool house all winter. 



Coryplia australis^ a pretty fan palm, and a good companion to 

 €]iam<Erops humilis. Gj'Ow it in a mixture of peat, yellow loam, 

 and silver sand, equal parts of each. It is well adapted for the 

 dinner-table. 



Phanix dacti/Ufera and P. humilis are hardy species of the date 

 palm. They will be satisfied with greenhouse treatment. 



8abal Adansonii, S. palmetto. — The first of these is a remarkable 

 plant, well adapted for the dinner-table or the window, as also for 

 a fine vase in the garden ; indeed, it is one of the best uses of the 

 palms out of doors to put them in urns and vases, a grand change 

 from the cauliflower shaped crowds of flowers we usually see in 

 such receptacles. Try a fan palm in a vase, bedding the pot in 

 green moss, or even in cocoa-nut fibre, and, unless you have already 

 studied this matter, the result will be a discovery, a new pleasure, 

 a surprise, a sensation, a new key to the kingdom (or queendom) of 

 beauty. The Palmetto palm was a distinguishing ornament of the 

 tropical department of the Crystal Palace, previous to the late 

 disastrous fire. Many readers will remember that it stood at the 

 extreme end of the building, on a raised circular bed, which was 

 surfaced with Lycopodium. Eecall its appearance, and then in 

 imagination transfer it to the garden, and } ou will have some idea 

 -of the sort of decorations that are possible in England. 



Seoforthia elegans. — An elegant but decidedjy rustic plant, com- 

 paratively hardy. S. robusta is eminently handsome, and an in- 

 teresting palm. 



Thrinax parviflora is a good representative of this genus for the 

 parterre. 



TENDEE PALMS. 



Caryota urens. — This is the " wine palm ;" very distinct in habit, 

 well adapted for sub-tropical displays, and needing a cool part of the 

 stove or intermediate house all the winter. 



Cliamcedorea elatior. — A fine Mexican palm, which appears to 

 need a rather warm berth all the winter; but, when plunged out for 

 the summer, does well. 



There are many more that will serve the same purpose, but it is 

 not desirable to enumerate all that can be thought of. The general 

 opinion is that palms are too costly for any except the wealthiest 

 cultivators. This is a mistake, for a collection of small specimens 

 showing the respective beauties of each may be obtained for a ^ew 

 pounds. Tor example, I have lately received from Messrs. Hooper 



