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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 M. 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 



