ORNAMENTAL PALMS 245 



No other palm with which I am acquainted 

 will make more than about one-half this growth 

 in the same time and under the same circum- 

 stances. 



There is considerable difference in appearance, 

 however, and in rapidity of growth of different 

 strains of palms of this species. Yet the seed- 

 lings are unusually true to type, so that long 

 rows of the Canary palms may be grown from 

 the seed with full assurance that they will not 

 vary sufficiently to break up the general uni- 

 formity of the row. 



Palms of the genus Chamcerops are also very 

 hardy. I have never known one of them to be 

 injured by frost anywhere in California, even 

 when quite young. 



There are several species of this genus. I have 

 grown them from the seed somewhat extensively, 

 and have noted a wide variation among the dif- 

 ferent species, some making large trees while 

 others are dwarfs, some of which, in this region, 

 never attain a height of more than three or four 

 feet. One exceedingly thorny species may be 

 multiplied by division readily, as it throws 

 up suckers abundantly around the old plant, 

 unlike most other palms. Some accidental 

 hybrids have appeared among the species of 

 Chamoerops. 



