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species with beautiful, dark green foliage. C.australis, C. bonnetti, 
C. campestris, C. yatay, C. alphonsei, C. gaertneri, C. eriospatha 
and one or two others have more or less glaucous foliage. All of 
the above are doing fairly well for me in pine land. Several of 
the species of the Australis group have edible fruits. C. weddel- 
liana and C. insignis are exceedingly dainty and beautiful but I 
have not been able to make them succeed, probably because of 
lime in the soil. 
Daemonorops contains about forty species of palms which are 
closely related to Calamus. I have tried a couple of species 
which seem to be very tender and have failed. 
Desmoncus major is a climbing palm from Trinidad which is 
doing finely in my hammock. It is very spiny and holds on 
vegetation by means of anchor-like hooks at the ends of the 
rachides. It is a most interesting plant. 
Dictyosperma rubra and alba are among our finest and most 
successful palms, both doing equally well in shade or sunshine, 
in pine or hammock. They are rather rapid growers and should 
be cultivated by everybody in lower Florida. 
Dypsis madagascariensis. I have plants received under this 
name that I am doubtful about. My plants are rapid growers 
with leaflets in fascicles; they are cespitose and have triangular 
stems. 
Elaeis guineensis is the celebrated Oil Palm of Tropical Africa. 
It does well for me in ordinary pine land and has borne seed 
when quite small. 
Euterpe. A small genus of slender growing palms from the 
American Tropics. I have had several species which for some 
reason have not succeeded but I see no reason why they will 
not do well in lower Florida. 
Geonoma. Very elegant, usually slender palms from Tropical 
America. They do best in a shaded, moist locality, such as a 
low hammock, but they probably will not stand much frost. 
Hedyscepe canterburyana is cultivated somewhat in the north 
and is a tall, handsome, spineless palm. It is a native of Lord 
Howe’s Island at a considerable elevation and should stand some 
frost. I have a healthy young specimen in my grounds. 
Howea belmoreana and forsteriana are two of the most popular 
