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is West Indian and South American; A. lasiospatha has a small 

 base and an evenly swollen trunk ; A . totai is a fine species which 

 will probably prove hardy over South Florida; A. media is a 

 very vigorous species from Porto Rico. All of these do well here 

 on pine land. 



Archonto phoenix alexandrae is a tall, rapid growing palm of 

 great beauty and elegance from Queensland. The pinnae are 

 more delicate than those of the next species and are silvery 

 underneath. This generally goes under the name of Ptychos- 

 perma alexandrae. A. cunninghami (Seaforthia elegans) is also 

 a fine tree, a little more robust than the other. Both are doing 

 well with me in pine land. 



Areca. A fine genus of palms from the Oriental Tropics 

 containing several species. A. triandra has leaves which are 

 only partially pinnate, being cut into broad segments. It is a 

 beautiful palm and is doing fairly well for me in sunshine but 

 I think it would succeed better in partial shade. A . glandiformis 

 is a superb palm and is growing strongly and rapidly for me. 



A. alicaea is doing fairly well for me in shade. A. catechu has 

 never succeeded for me. 



Arenga saccharifera is the Sugar Palm of India, a noble palm 

 with peculiar leaflets. I have a fine specimen in pine land. 



Astrocaryum mexicanum has failed with me but I think it 

 might succeed here. There are a number of species, A. muru- 

 muru, A. ayri, A. argenteum, A.filiare, etc., and all are spiny. 



Attalea. The name signifies magnificent and it is well applied. 

 The species have long, beautiful pinnate leaves with numerous, 

 elegant pinnae. A. cohune, the Monaco Palm from Central 

 America, has nearly erect leaves and Mr. O. F. Cook informs me 

 that he has measured these in Guatemala which were fifty-five 

 feet long. A fine specimen has bloomed and fruited in the 

 grounds of Commodore Monroe at Cocoanut Grove. 



Bactris. Exceedingly spiny palms that have entirely failed 

 with me, though repeatedly tried under various conditions. 



B. gasipaes is the celebrated Peach Palm of the Amazon region. 

 Balaka seemani is a slender pinnate palm from Fiji which would 



probably succeed in the shade. 



Calamus, the rattans. Oriental, tropical palms, many of 



