IN FLORIDA I2I 
palms of the north. I have never succeeded with the former and 
have only partly done so with the latter. I do not think they have 
done well generally in Florida. 
Hydriastele wendlandiana is a tall, handsome, rapid growing 
palm from Queensland. The segments of the leaflets are jagged 
at their outer edges something like those of a fish tail palm. 
I have a fine young specimen in partial shade in the edge of the 
hammock. 
Hyophorbe. Three species of slow growing palms from Mauri- 
tius, two of which, H. verschaffeltii and H. amaricaulis have 
been considerably cultivated in lower Florida. They are stocky 
in growth, with bulging stems and short, highly colored leaves, 
the former tinted yellowish, the latter purple. Both are doing 
well with me and I have no doubt but that they will prove to be 
among our finest palm ornaments. 
Jubaea. A genus from Chile containing one or two of the 
hardiest palms in the world. They are slow growers when young 
and have some resemblance to the date palms. 
Kentia. A large number of palms have been referred to this 
genus which are now placed elsewhere and I am not sure that any 
of the true Kentias are in cultivation in the state. K. belmoreana 
and K. forsteriana are now placed in Howea. 
Martinezia caryotaefolia is sometimes cultivated in lower Flor- 
ida but I have rarely seen it in good condition. It is a rather 
slender, spiny palm with broad, closely set, truncate and ragged 
segments. 
Manicaria. This genus contains a few magnificent species 
from Tropical America which are really pinnate leaved but often 
the pinnae are not separated and the leaves are more or less 
entire. In WM. sacchifera the leaves are not divided and are often 
thirty feet long and four or five wide. I do not know that any 
of these have been cultivated in the state but they should be 
tried. 
Maximiliana contains a few species of grand tropical American 
palms which should be tried in extreme southern Florida. It was 
of M. regia, of the Orinoco, that Humboldt said, ‘‘On this palm 
nature has lavished every charm.” 
Oenocarpus is a small group of South American palms, one 
