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PALM 



PALM 



The following require protection from sun in the 

 interior valleys: 



Livistona australis. 

 Livistona chinensis. 

 Phoenix Rcebelenii. 



Rhapidophyllum Hystrix. 

 Rhapis flabelliformis. 

 Rhapis humilis. 



The above are rather generally found and to them 

 may be added the following, equally hardy but 

 not yet in general cultivation: 



Brahea calcarea. 



Brahea Pimo. 



Cocos Arechavaletana. 



Cocos australis (true). 

 Cocos Datil. 



Above are tall-growing Cocos of the plumosa type 

 but hardy. 



Cocos odorata. Nannorhops Ritchiana. 



Cocos pulposa. Trachycarpus cicspitpsa. 



Erythea Brandegei. Trithrinax braziliensis. 



Erythea elegans. Trithrinax campestris. 



All the above can be grown wherever oranges are 

 planted, and in addition the following are at home on 

 the hill section of Los Angeles, in the frost-free foot- 

 hills and sheltered coastal valleys like Santa Barbara 

 and the Montecito. 



II. TENDER PALMS. 



Chamadorea desmoncoides. 

 Chamaedorea elegans. 

 Cocos botryophora. 

 Cocos plumosa. 

 Cocos Marise-Reginse. 

 Cocos Romanzoffiana. 

 Howea Belmoreana. 

 Howea Forsteriana. 

 Livistona Jenkinsoniana. 



The following have been 

 are not thoroughly tested: 



Ceroxylon andicolum. 

 Copernicia australis. 

 Juania australis. 



Livistona Marise. 

 Phoenix rupicola. 

 Pritchardia Gaudichaudii. 

 Pritchardia pacifica. 

 Ptychosperma Alexandra;. 

 Ptychosperma Cunninghami- 



ana (Seaforthia). 

 Rhopalostylis Baueri. 

 Rhopalostylis sapida. 



recently introduced, but 



Livistona decipiens. 

 Sabal Uresana. 

 Sabal Exul. 



[Juania australis, Drude, representing a monotypic 

 genus in the Island Juan Fernandez (and for the first 

 word of which it is named) ; is an unarmed palm with 



Einnatisect terminal Ivs. allied to Ceroxylon: If.-segms. 

 >ng and narrow, acuminate, whitish beneath, thickened 

 on the margins: fr. globular, size of a cherry.] 



ERNEST BRAUNTON. 



Hardy palms in Florida. 



A large proportion of the various species of palms tried 

 by the writer in Florida have succeeded from moderately 

 to exceedingly well. Close to 200 species belonging to 

 some 60 genera have been in cultivation and of these 

 more than 150 are surviving. The state itself is rich 

 in palms for a region lying wholly outside the tropics, 

 there being not less than fifteen native and one natural- 

 ized species, the latter the common coconut, found 

 within its borders. A few of these, such as Sabal 

 Palmetto, Serenoa serrulata and Rhapidophyllum among 

 native forms, and one or two species of Trachycarpus, 

 one or two of the dates, Jubsea spectabilis and Washing- 

 tonia should be fairly hardy, especially along the 

 coastal region, throughout most of the northern part of 

 the state. 



Most of the palms which do well in this state suc- 

 ceed on ordinary pine land, but their growth would be 

 improved if a liberal amount of muck or leaf-mold was 

 incorporated with the soil, and a heavy mulch is always 

 beneficial. Of course in poor soils a good fertilizer is 

 necessary and it is an excellent plan to apply one rich 

 in potash in the fall in order to harden up the growth 

 for winter. 



Nearly all the palms must be propagated from seed; 

 only a few are cespitose, such as chrysalidocarpus, 

 rhapis, most of the phcenix and chamsedoreas, and these 

 can often be propagated from suckers. When these 

 are thrown out above the ground it is best to make an 

 incision at their bases and set a flower-pot underneath, 

 mounding up with earth around the sucker, when it 



will generally throw out roots into the pot, after which 

 it may be severed and the whole removed. 



The entire state is subject to "northers" during 

 which the wind blows from the northwest, and cold 

 weather and frost may occur in any part of the state. 

 A large part of the palms which can be [grown in 

 Florida are tropical and if their seeds when in the ground 

 are subjected to such a degree of cold they are almost 

 sure to perish. If one is propagating any considerable 

 number of palms, it will pay to have a frame covered 

 with a sash or sashes. This can be sunk in the ground if 

 necessary; the seeds should be planted in good soil, 

 and during cold nights the whole may be heavily 

 covered with fertilizer sacks. It should have a southern 

 exposure and be well protected from the wind. In the 

 southern part of the state such a pit, if covered early 

 and thoroughly on cold nights, will generally answer all 

 purposes, but if one could have a small glass house with 



2739. A digitate-leaved palm, one of the best palms for small con- 

 servatories Rhapis flabelliformis. 



a bench along one side it would be better. The space 

 in front and below it could be closed up and under the 

 shelf a small kerosene stove or lamp could be kept going 

 during cold nights. This would furnish bottom heat for 

 the seeds planted on the bench and thus insure their 

 germination. 



Fairly good-sized palms are best for planting in the 

 open ground, say from 4- or 5-inch pots. Water well 

 and mulch, then shelter by setting palmetto leaves 

 around the plant so as to shade it. In case of danger of 

 frost, mound up around the stem to above the growing 

 point with dry soil and if the leaves are frozen the plant 

 will not be seriously injured. 



The following notes are drawn from experience in 

 the cultivation of these palms in central and southern 

 Florida. 



Acodorraphe Wrightii grows in marl land on the southern shore 

 of the mainland of Florida. It forms very dense, attractive clumps 

 30 feet or more across. 



Acrocomia. Rapid growers, and A. Totai is hardy in the southern 

 half of Florida. It will not grow in dry or poor soils, but thrives in 

 rich moist lands. Like most palms, this species is very responsive 

 to an application of commercial fertilizer from a pound to ten 

 pounds according to the size of the plant. A. media, from Porto 

 Rico, is an exceptionally vigorous grower. 



Archontophaenix. The two species, A. Cunninghamii and A. 

 Alexandrx, which are such favorites in the North, are among the 

 best palms in Florida, and will, without doubt, becomes favorites 

 in the lower third of the state. They succeed well in shade or sun- 

 shine, on pine or hammock land, and are fairly rapid growers, the 

 former being somewhat the stronger plant. 



