Carludovica — Caryota. 1 1 1 



seen to best advantage. It thrives best in dry, stony, 

 calcareous soil, and is easily multiplied by sowing. In 

 the mountainous districts of France the flowers are 

 gathered by the inhabitants, and used as a substitute 

 for artichokes. Central Europe. 



Carludovica palmata. — A very ornamental, palm- 

 like plant, from 4 ft. to 7 ft. high, with rich dark-green 

 leaves from 2 ft. to 3 ft. broad, and divided into four 

 lobes, each of which is again divided at the apex into 

 narrow segments. The leaf-stalks are round, smooth, 

 and without spines, and are of the same colour as the 

 leaves. This interesting plant will stand the open air in 

 summer, from early June till October, but requires warm 

 house treatment in winter, with plenty of water at all 

 times. Seed. Peru and New Granada. 



Caryota sobolifera. — An elegant Palm, with a 

 slender stem and shining light-green bipinnate leaves. 

 The leaf-stalks, when young, are clothed with a short, 

 black, scaly tomentum. which falls off as the plant grows 

 older. It is often confounded with C. u?r?is, but may be 

 easily distinguished from it by the suckers which it pro- 

 duces very freely from its base. Similar treatment and 

 uses to those given for C. wens, with which it is of much 

 the same value for the open garden. Malacca. 



Caryota urens. — An East Indian Palm, with a stout 

 stem, and an elegant crown of spreading bipinnate leaves, 

 from 3 ft. to 12 ft., or more, in length, of a dark-green 

 colour, the leaflets being 6 ins. to 9 ins. long by 2 ins. to 

 4 ins. wide, ^'hen young, it should be potted in equal 

 parts of loam and vegetable mould, with a little sand ; 

 the pot to be well drained and water given liberally 



