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Palmz— continued. 
least. When repotting is unnecessary, a light top-dress- 
ing may be given instead. It is essential that the ball 
should be in a proper condition regarding moisture, at 
the time of repotting, whether of small or large speci- 
mens. In a young state, the smallest shifts are recom- 
mended, consistent with the rate of progress made by the 
plants. In houses of large dimensions, Palms may be 
planted out; at least, those which are calculated to attain | 
a great height, and are expected to be otherwise propor- 
tionately large when developed. For a conservatory, of 
course, only a few will succeed all the year round; yet 
these should be utilised for specimens in some part of 
the beds. The main points in the successful culture of 
Palms so treated, are much the same as if they were in 
pots, namely, good drainage and plenty of water. In 
summer, syringing morning and evening may be freely 
practised ; in winter, the moisture from evaporation, caused 
by damping the floor and stages, will usually be found 
sufficient. As Palms have to remain, perhaps, many years 
in the same soil, it is important that only such as is 
suitable should be used. Some authorities recommend 
equal proportions of loam, vegetable mould, peat, and 
sand, as a general compost. Anything tending to decay, 
except very slowly indeed, should not be used, as, pos- 
sibly, it might kill, rather than encourage, the roots. 
Peat is not altogether a necessity for established Palms; 
in yellow loam, with plenty of sand, and some charcoal 
intermixed, they will grow well, and make firmer, yet, 
perhaps, somewhat slower growth, which is, of the two, 
more desirable. Manure water is of great assistance to 
Palms when their roots are somewhat restricted, pro- 
vided the plants are in good health. It should be made 
from cow-manure and soot, which imparts a healthy ap- 
pearance to the leaves. Some information on culture, 
and references to the uses for which various Palms are 
best suited, will be found under all the more important 
genera included in Palmeew throughout this work. 
PALMATE. Having five lobes, the midribs of which 
meet in a common point, so that the whole bears some 
similarity to the human hand; eg., the leaf of the 
common Passion-flower. 
PALMATIFID. Cut half-way to 
the base in a palmate manner. A 
Palmatifid leaf is shown at Fig. 13. 1 
PALMATILOBED. Cut into 
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shallow divisions in a palmate manner. 
PALMATIPARTED, PAL- | 
MATISECT. Cut nearly to the - 
base in a palmate manner. Almost Fig. 13. PALMATIFID 
digitate. LEAF. 
PALM, CABBAGE. See Oreodoxa oleracea. 
PALM, DATE. See Phenix dactylifera. 
PALMETTO, CABBAGE. See Sabal Palmetto. 
PALMETTO, DWARF. See Sabal Adansonii. 
PALMETTO PALM. See Sabal Palmetto. 
PALMETTO, SAW. Se Serenoa serrulata. 
PALM, FAN. See Sabal Blackburniana. 
PALMIA (named after L. H. Palm, author of a work 
on “The Climbing of Plants,” published at Stuttgart, in 
1827). Syn. Shutereia. ORD. Convolvulacee. A mono- 
typic genus. The species is a beautiful, pubescent, 
twining herb, inhabiting tropical Asia and Africa. It 
may be raised from seeds, on a hotbed, in spring, and 
the young plants, when of sufficient size, should be placed 
in separate pots, and trained to sticks. Unless a very 
warm and sheltered position is at command, they require 
to be placed in the stove or greenhouse to blossom and 
ripen their seeds. Hewittia is now the correct generic 
name. 
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Palmia - continued. 
P. bicolor (two- coloured). Al. very white or pale yellowish, with 
a dark purple centre, one to three on an anis 8 sepals 
acute, the outer ones much broader; corolla campanulate, with a 
plicate, five-angled limb; pedicels very short. August. l broadly 
cordate, entire, angled, or trilobed. 1812. (B. M. 2205 and B. R. 
518, under name of Convolvulus bicolor.) 
PALMISTE ROUGE. See Dictyosperma rubrum. 
PALMITE RUSH. ‘ec Prionium Palmita. 
PALM, PATANA. See Ginocarpus Bataua. 
PALM SAVANAH. Sve Sabal mauritieformis. 
PALM, THATCH. See Sabal Blackburniana. 
PALM-VEINED. Having the main vein radiating 
from a common point. 
PALMTRA-TREE. A common name for Borassus 
flabelliformis. 
PALO DE VACA, or COW-TREE. See Galacto- 
dendron utile. r 
PALSY-WORT. Anold common name for Primula 
veris (which see). 
PALTONIUM. Included under Tænitis (which 
see). : 
EANNAN PALUSTRIS. Growing in marshy 
places. 
PALUMBINA (from palumbes, a wood-pigeon; in 
allusion to the fancied resemblance which the flowers 
bear to this bird). ORD. Orchideæ. A monotypic 
genus, now included, by Bentham and Hooker, under 
Oncidium. The species is an elegant stove orchid, the 
flowers of which have been compared to “ flying doves.” 
They remain a long time in perfection. For culture, see 
Oncidium. | $ N 
P. candida (white). fl. pure white, about lin. across, of a stout, 
waxy consistence; lip with a few reddish ts; racemes few- 
flowered. Summer. l. narrow, solitary, Ein, to 12in. long. 
Pseudo-bulbs, narrow, compressed. Mexico, 1843, SYN. Onci- 
dium candidum. (B. M. 5546.) 
PAMPAS GRASS. See Gynerium. — 
PANÆTIA. Included under Podolepis (which see). 
PANAX (an old Greek name, used by Theophrastus, 
and akin to panakes,a panacea, or remedy, for all com- 
plaints ; applied to the present plant in reference to the 
stimulant drug, Ginseng, to which miraculous virtue is 
ascribed by the Chinese). ORD. Araliaceew. A genus 
ut twenty-five species of stove, green- 
comprisin 
house, o y, glabrous, or rarely woolly-tomentose 
trees or s, natives of tropical and Eastern Asia, 
extending Mandchuria, tropical Africa, the Pacific 
Islands, New Zealand, and Australia, Flowers often 
polygamous, in small umbels; umbels rarely in contracted 
heads, or in small, solitary, racemose or paniculate ra- 
cemes; petals five; -pedicels articulated beneath the 
flowers. Fruit compressed or rarely sub-globose, fleshy, 
or rarely sub-membranous. Leaves digitately or pin- 
nately compound, or rarely undivided; leaflets entire, 
argutely toothed or cut. P. diffuswm, P. dissectum, 
P. dumosum, P. fissum, P. laciniatum, P. plumatum, 
P. Victoriæ, and others bearing specific names in 
gardens, though distinct enough fòr horticultural pur- 
poses, are, in all probability, mere forms of the variable 
P. fruticosum. These plants are of moderately free 
growth, and the majority are easy to manage. Those 
requiring stove treatment should be potted in sandy 
loam and peat, with the addition of a little leaf soil 
and sand. The stronger-growing kinds thrive in a 
richer compost. Propagation by cuttings of the roots 
is a common and successful method. The stems of 
plants from which the roots have been taken may also 
be cut into pieces lin. or lłin. long, pressed into pots 
of sand or sandy soil, and plunged in bottom heat. If 
the stems are cut down without disturbing the roots, and 
the pots are plunged in bottom heat, and kept moderately 
