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AN INDEX TO PALMS, CYCADS, BAMBOOS, AND 



SCREW-PINES. 



OR tlie decoration of glass-liouses Palms and Cycads form prominent objects; ^wliile for 

 sub-tropical gardening some of the Palms and tlic Bamboos are indispensable. The lists 

 here given comprise the choicest and most useful species of the Natural Orders ArundinacecBj 

 Gycadacece^ PalmcBy and Pandanea'y as well as some of the taller specimens of Gramineae. 

 The heights attained by the plants in their native countries are^ where knoAvn^ g*iven in feet. 

 For information on Palms and their uses, and general instructions for their cultivation, the 

 reader is referred to the article on ^^Palmi^/^ in Vol. III. 



HAHDY. — Bambusa Fortune: (1-2) and vars. 



HALP-HARDY.--Arundo conspicua (3-12); A. Donax 

 (12) ; A. D. Tersicolor (3) ; Bambusa anrea (6-10) ; B. striata 

 (G-10) ; B. violoscens; Diplotb.em.iam caudescens (10). 



COOL-HOUSS. — Bowcnia spectabilis; "B. s. serrulata; 

 Braliea dulcis ; Ceroxylon andicola (50) ; Chamserops 

 liamilis (20); C macrocarpa ; Dioon ednle (3); Encepba- 

 lartos AUcusteinii; E. Fredcrici Guilielmi; E. horridus ; 

 E. plumosus; E, villosus ; E. v. ampliatus ; Jubfea specta- 

 bilis (40-60) ; Livistona cliinensis (50) ; L. Jenkinsiana (10) ; 

 Macrozamia corallipes ; M. Frazeri; M. Perowskiana; M. 

 plumosa; Ebapis flabelliformis ; Rbopalostjlis Baueri (20) ; 

 E. sapida (20) ; Sabal Adansonii; S. Blackburniana (20-25) ; 

 S. Palmetto (20-40); y. nmbracalifera ; Trachycarpus 

 excelsua (24) ; T. Fortunei; Washingtonia filifera (20-40). 



INTERMEDIATi: HOUSE-— Acrocomia sclero- 

 carpa (40); Bambusa r.ana (6-8) ; Microcycas calocoma ; 

 Phoenix acauUs (12) ; P. reclinata (50) ; P. rupicola (15-20) ; 

 P. sylvestria (40); P. tenuis; Zamia ampbfolia; Z. fur- 

 furacea; Z. picta; Z. Wallisii. 



^^^^B.— Acantbopboenix crinita; Attalea amygdalina ; 

 A. Cobune (50) ; A. excelsa (70) ; A. speciosa (70) ; Bactris 



^r^A^^'^Af^"^''" ^^^^' ^- pallidispina; Bambusa arundinacea 

 (oO-GO); Borassus flabelliformis (30); Calamus a^perrimns; 

 C. ciliaris; C, Icptospadix ; C. Lowisianus; C. Eoyleanus 

 C. spectabihs; C. viminalis (50); Carjota Cumingii (10) 



/oA?*^"^^ ' ^' sobolifera; Catoblastus prjemorsus 



(30-50); Ceratoiobua glaucescena ; Cbamaedorea Arenberg- 



Stove— continued, 



iana ; C. desmoncoides ; C elegans (4) ; C. Ernesti- 



Augusti ; C- formosa ; C. geonomiformis (4) ; C. glaucifolis 



(20); C. graminif olia ; C, micropbylla ; C. Sartorii; C. 



Wendlandi ; Cbrysalidocarpus lutescens (30); Cocoa plumosa 



(40-50); C. Romanzoffiana; C. schizopbyiia (8); G. Wed* 



deliana ; Copernicia cerifera ; Corypba umbraculifera (100) ; 



Cycas circinalis; C. media; C. INormanbyana; C. revoluta 



(7) ; Desmoncus granatensis ; D. minor ; Geonoma Carderi ; 



G. congesta ; G. elegans ; G. gracilis ; 6. Martiana ; G. 



Porteana ; G. procumbens ; G. pumila ; G. Scbottiana; 



Guilielma speciosa ; Hedyscepe Canterburyana (32); Hetero- 



spatbc elata ; Howea Belmoreana ; H. Forsteriana (35) ; 



Hyopborbe amaricanlis ; H. Yerscbaffeltii ; Iriartea 



deltoidea ; Latania Commersonii (7) ; L. Loddigesii (10) ; 



L. VerscbafPeltii (7); Licuala elegaus; L, grandis (6); 



Livistona australis (80) ; L. bamilis (6-30) ; Loxococcus 



rupicola (30-40) ; Martinezia caryot^folia; M> granatensis; 



Nepbrosperma Van Houtteanum (20-35); Oreodoxa regia; 



Pandanus Candelabrum -variegatus ; P, conoideus (14) ; 



P. heterocarpus ; P. HouUetii ; P, minor ; P, odoratisaimns 



(20) ; P. Pancberi ; P. utilis (60) ; P. Yandermeescbii (20) ; 



P. Veitcbii ; Pbytelephas macrocarpa (6) ; Prestoea pubigera 



(10-12) ; Pritchardia pacifica (10) ; P. pericularum ; P. Yuyl- 



stekiana ; Scheela excelsa (40-50) ; S. unguis ; Stevensonia 



grandiflora (40) ; Syagrua campestris ; S. cocoides (8-10) ; 



Synecbantbus fibroins (4) ; Tbrinax multiflora {6-S) ; T. 



parviflora (10-12) ; T. radiata ; Veitcbfa Johannis ; Ver- 



scbaffeltia splendida (80) ; Wallicbia caryotoides ; Welfia 



regia (60). 



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