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species with beautiful, dark green foliage. C. australis, C. bonnetti, 

 C. campestris, C. yatay, C. alphonsei, C. gaertneri, C. eriospaiha 

 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 



