Jnne 24, 1869. ] 



JOUENAIi OF HOETICULTURB AND COTTAGE GAKDENEE. 



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"liealth, and excepting being bare of fruit looked beautifrfl. I 

 think there can be no doubt as to the cause. I cannot lipar of 

 a single hou.'fe without artificial heat, where a crop is to be 

 Been, whilst those who, like Mr. A. Bass, of J'arton, conld give 

 & little heat when the trees were in bloom, liave a good crop. 

 1 hear his trees are hotter than ever, so they must be well 

 worth a long journey to see. Wljilst Peaches were in bloom 

 there was a total absence of sun, and a cold, damp atmosphere. 

 The pollen was like paste, and tho blooms were unfertilised. A 

 little artificial heat to dry the air would have .saved the crop. 

 Indeed, I saw tho other day a tree full of fruit against a door 

 opening into a warm house, whilst every other tree in the 

 honse was bare. 



Now, what are the practical deductions from this nearly 

 universal failure ? First, that no one need be unduly cast 

 down at his want of success. Secondly, that some of us have a 

 fine opportunity and plenty of room for the cultivation of " that 

 rare but lovely flower humility." Thirdly, that those who 

 wish to make safe for the future, and can afford it, had better 

 put pipes in their houses, and he careful how they use them. 

 J. E. Pkarson, CliUwelL 



PALMS.— No. 2. 



A FEW of the most distinct and handsome are as follow. 

 'Those distinguished with an asterisk (*) are suitable for a 

 .greenhouse. 



AcANTHopHCENix CRiNiTus. — Stoms and petioles armed with 

 black needle-shaped spines. Leaves pinnated, arched, very 

 graceful. 

 Abec\ alba. — Stem whitish, a white line in the centre of 

 , the leaflets. 



•A. ADBEA. — Stems yellowish, and yellow lines in the centre 

 of the segments of the leaves. 



•A. Baueri. — Stem ringed or freckled with brown ; brown 

 along the petioles. Foliage elegant. 



A. BUBRA. — Leafstalks reddish, red midribs ; leaflets green, 

 tinged with red. 



A. BOBRA FUKFURACEA. — Bolder than A. rubra, having red 

 stems, and a distinct red stripe or midrib in the centre of the 

 leaflets. The leaves of the Areeas are pinnate. 



Ahenoa BACcnARiPEB,v. — Foliage green, bold and fine, pin- 

 nated. 



; •ASTBOCARYUM MEXicANOU. — Stalks spiny; leaves broad, di- 

 , Tided into two or three pairs of unequal-sized leaflets, white 

 . nnderneath. 



Bactbis maeaja. — Bachis and leaf-surface spiny, leaflets 

 broad. 



BEiinEA DULCia. — Stalks smooth and slender ; leaves fan- 

 ehaped, finely divided, shining, and handsome. 

 ^ Calamus adspersus. — Slender but elegant. Leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets linear-IanceoUte ; stalks rugged, with numerous short, 

 pale-coloured spines. 

 C. lupfiRATRTCE Marie. — Habit slender ; leafstalljs spiny:' 

 C. jAVANicns. — Stalks spiny ; leiflets numerous and nftttoW; 

 habit slender, but having a fine plumose appearance. 



C. LuisiANus. — Leaves elegant but short, piunately divided. 

 . It is of free growth. 

 J Cabvota erens. — Handsome foliage, distinct and fine. 



*Cham.edorea paniculata. — Stem green, erect-growing, tall. 

 'Leaflets short, distinct, and grass-like, fine. 

 , 'CKAMiEBopg P.U.METTO, 'C. FoRTUNEi, *C. ExcELFA, and 

 *C. nuMiLis, — These succeed in a greenhouse, and have fine 

 fan-shaped leaves more or lees divided. 



*C. MELANACAXTHA. — Stalks slender, furnished with dark- 

 coloured spines. It is an elegant small-growing sort with 

 fan-shaped leaves. Probably a variety of C. hnmilis. 



»C. BTAUKACANTHA. — Leaves very finely set on long slender 

 ^ Stalks, and divided into distant long segments. Fine. 



♦Oocos AuSTKALis, C. BoNNETi, and G. CAMPESTRis. — Distiuct 

 ' find fine. 



C. coRovATA. — Stalk cream-coloured. Leaves broad, almost 

 entire, but slightly divided at the ends, where they arch or 

 droop gracefully. Very fine. 



•CoRYPHA AcSTRALis.— Stalk Blender ; dark green, shining, 

 roundish leaves. Fine. 



*C. EULcis. — stems slender and erect. Leaves large and 

 ronndish. 



Djf.monoeops htstbix.— Leaves much divided. Graceful habit, 

 bright green. 



D. MELANocH.r.TEs.— Stem blaok-spined. Leaves bright green, 

 much divided. 



D. PLOMOSCB.— Stem brown ; spiny leafslalks. Leaver much 

 divided. Fine. 



Kr.Aia (;oiNEEN.sis. — Leafstalts with hooied spines; leaves 

 boll], blight green. It furnishes the Palm oil of commerce. 



Geonkma GniESBREiinTii.--Stem hmootli. Leaves irregn- 

 larly pinnatiparted, bilobed at tlio apex, with the two ternilSDal 

 segments prolonged into a tail-like point. 



Gkovoma imperiai.is.— Slender stalks. Smooth pinQBte 

 leaves ; leaflets narrow. Elepant and fine. 



G. ScirOTTrA>fA. — Leaflets long and narrow, bright green, 'fl6- 

 Hnct. 



0. SKRttANNi. — Petioles angular ; bilobed plaited leaven, ter- 

 minating in two sharp-pointed divisions, having a fish-ttil 

 outline. In a young state it is of close leafy habit. BeaatUUl, 

 dwarf, and distinct. 



HvopnoRKE AjiARirArT.is. — Petioles red. Leaves pinnate, wtth 

 alternate acuminate segments, bordered with a reddish line. 

 Very fine. 



H. Verrchaffelti. — Leaves pinnate, nearly erect, bntarKhing 

 gracefully at the top ; segments linear-lanceolate. The back 

 of the petiole is marked by a golden-coloured band. One t>£ 

 the finest. 



Iriartea exorrhiza.— Stems slender, leaves pinnate. VSfy 

 remarkable for having a stilted appearance from the adven- 

 titious roots. 



Latania eorbonica. — Leaves fan-shaped, graceful. A noMe 

 Palm. 



L. LonmcESTi. — Stems reddish. Leaves fan-shaped ; seg- 

 ments green with red edges, slightly serrated. Distinct and 

 fine. 



Leopolpinia PELcnEA. — Slender habit. Leaves pinnate, Sn 

 smooth stalks. 



•LivisroNTA ALTiSsniA. — Stalks short, evenly set with epSfty 

 projections at the margin. Leaves palmate, divided into nnittc- 

 rons narrow segments. Remarkably elegant. 



*L. HDMiLis. — Glaucous green, finely divided leaves; seg- 

 ments long and graceful. 



Oreodoxa kegia. — Slender erect habit. Leaves pinilftte ; 

 narrow drooping leaflets. Very pleasing. 

 ' •PniENix DACTYLiEERA. — Lcavcs finely divided ; leaflets lotg 

 ' and narrow. 



P. LEONE?rsiB. — Leaves of a dark shining green ; the leaflets 

 have a white cottony edge, and are strung with threads when 

 ' unfolded or in a yonng state. Distinct and fine. 

 I 'P. RECLrHATA. — Leaves finely divided and graas-lite. 



•P. SYLVESTRis. — Leaves shining bright green ; leaflets 'Wlh 

 reddish margins. Foliage grass-like. 



PiNANfiA STACUT.ATA. — Leavcs broad, divided into nnequal B*g- 

 ments, so as to become irregularly pinnate ; the colour brJ^t 

 green, freely blotched with dark olive green. 



Pttchosperma EI.E^A^-s. — Leaves broad, bilobed, fish-tudl- 

 like. Stalks smooth, erect. Fine. 



P. tACETLATA. — Habit close and dwarf. Fronds bilobed, tbe 

 lobes lacerately split at the apex. Pine. 



P. REGALig. — Broad, bilobed, almost entire leaves; EtalkB 

 smooth, prettily tinged with red in the young fronds. 



EnApniA T.'EDiGEEA. — Stem cylindrical ; leaves arching and 

 pinnate, with narrow lanceolate spinulose leaflets. Very elegaiat. 



♦Ehapis elabellifoemis. — Erect stems ; leaves dark green, 

 and divided. Of moderate growth, and endures dry air and 

 dnst well. 



•SEAFORTniA ELEGAxs. — Leaves pinnate, bold and fine. 



STETENSoijLA GRANDiFOMA.— Stems and stalks abundantly 

 fnrniphed with brown needle-shaped spines; leaves broad, bi- 

 lobed, incisely toothed at the ends. A noble species. 



TnRiKAX PARviFLORA. — Lettves fan-shaped, distinct. 



Veitchia Johannis. — Stalks long, erect, of a silvery white, 

 marked with dark blotches, the surface scurfy ; leaves pinnate, 

 arching finely. 



VERscnAFFELTiA spLENDrpi. — Stems furnished with spreadifig 

 spines, broad undivided bilobed leaves with serrated edges. It 

 is also known as Regelia majestica. 



Zalacca Wagxeri, — Stem spiny, a white stripe on the nnder 

 side of the petiole, red on the under side of the leaflets. ^Very 

 fine. — G. Aebey. 



KUEUS ARCTICUS. 



Have any of your correspondents ever fruited this elegant 



but neglected plant ? I have seen it thriving in the open air 



as far south as Warwickshire, but no fruit ever set. Linnjens 



' speaks of the fruit as delicious, and it is ommonly preserred 



