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THE GARDExXER. 



[April 



For many years past I have had our runners laid in their fruiting- 

 pots, about 5 inches in diameter, which I find to be quite large enough. 

 The plan, I think, commends itself, as the roots are not subject to damage 

 during subsequent potting, which certainly checks growth at least 

 ten days. Alexander Cramb. 



ToirrwoRTH. 



DINWER-TABLE PLANTS. 



PALMS. 



For table decoration, few if any class of plants are so useful and 

 effective as many of the Palms, when in a young state. Being entirely 

 devoid of anything that approaches to what may be characterised as 



Fig. 7. — Akkca Verschaffeltii. 



lumpy or ungainly, and possessing almost every feature that is calculated 

 to please the eye, when viewed either as isolated objects or mingling 

 their sprayey fronds with other plants or works of art, they occupy the 



