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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



\^ August, 



keepinjr over old iiliints, nml thou pood seed only 

 is looked for. The tuberous Begonias arc now 

 going through this ordeal. The varieties are so 

 numerous, growers cannot keep up with them, 



D^cMONOKoi's PALEMnANicirs.— One of tlie most 

 elegant of Palms, and, together with D. periacan- 

 ihus, exceedingly ai)proi)riatc for tabic decora- 

 tion and other ornamental purposes. The leaves 



d;emonorops palembanicus. 



nor newspapers make records of their appear- 

 ance. Cannell, the great improver of florist's 

 fiowers, is now advertising " choice seeds," and 

 this foreshadows the fate of named varieties. 



are broadly ovate, pinnate, consisting of numer- 

 ous narrow elongated segments, and they are 

 supported by leaf-stalks bearing numerous de- 

 flexed spines, which latter are thickened at the 



