1 4 Dwelling- houses. 



of culture, and may be abundantly increased by cut- 

 tings and division of the roots. 



The ordinary soil for ferns, and plants of kindred 

 nature, is sandy peat, but many thrive in other 

 soils, fibrous loam, &c. ; all require attention as to 

 watering. 



I know not any family of greater variety and 

 attractiveness, of more extensive use, and found in 

 more different climates, than Palms. In native 

 wildness, and under costly culture, many become 

 forest trees, whilst others are always small ; but some 

 of both characters are ready to enjoy a home in a 

 dwelling-house, either under some kind of glass 

 shade, or in an open room. Mr. Tyerman, when 

 Curator of the Liverpool Botanic Gardens, showed 

 me a plant of Rhapis flabellata, about twenty inches 

 high, under a glass-bell in a living room, where it 

 had been in good health for eight years. In the 

 Gardener's Chronicle for the year 1872, page 730, 

 amongst plants which were exhibited at a meeting 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society of St. Petersburg, 

 a fine specimen of Arcca Bauerii is mentioned as 

 having been three years in a room, and being many 

 feet high. This Palm, and Areca sapida, from New 

 Zealand, are ornamental in a young stage, and we 

 will mention them again as amongst the hardiest of 

 the family for trial out of doors. Sandy loam, some- 

 what enriched, suits these and many kindred 

 plants. 



Palms, 8fc. Amongst Palms for room culture, 



