778 HOVEY 



edge of varieties. Straightway he began assiduously 

 to collect varieties, until he exhibited pears, apples and 

 camellias by the hundreds, and plums, grapes, chrysan- 

 themums and many other things by the score. These 

 things were shown before the Massachusetts Horticul- 



tural Socipty. which was the center of horticultural 

 iutlueiH-f <>i till- '-nuntry. He raised many seedlings. 

 TIiiiji'i lh'i;ii'i is still prized as a garden conifer. His 



grt-iitisi iiril.uiii.n to horticultural varieties was the 



Hovey struH i" rry, which first fruited in 1836, and 

 which is generally regarded as the starting-point of 

 American commercial strawberry - growing (see Fig. 

 1088). For many years this berry was the standard of 

 market excellence. i\Ir. Tlovey continued to grow it and 

 chi-risli it until till' i-ii,l. TIh- wiitrr remembers with 

 wlitit till lni-i:i~ III li" i\[i:ii iali-ij nil ii > \iftues but a Very 

 few yiiir- l.ri'r.i I ],,< (Iriitli. ."Ml-. 1 1..\ .V was long an act- 

 ive 11 M ml" r, :iiii| r.ii' :i linn- |.r.'^iiiiiit , ..£ the Massachu- 

 setts lilt: .i!..ii ii s.„Kiy. He was one of the active 

 projii'' I ' I:' I'liiliiiiig which gave the Society a new 



and III I ■ IS home. The history of the society 



rei-'ir'! till- project was in doubt, "the per- 



sev.iiii i :i;mI li' hrniination of the president of the 

 society ami i-hainiiaii of the building committee, Charles 

 M. Hovcv, triumphed over every hindrance, and carried 

 the work on to success." 



A portrait of Mr. Hovey will be found in the first vol- 

 ume of the "Fruits of America." Another occurs in 

 "Gardeners' Monthly" for 1886 (frontispiece) and 

 "American Garden," Nov., 1887; and a reduction of this 

 appears in Fig. 1106. L. H. B. 



HOWEA (named for Lord Howe's Island, where these 

 2 species grow). Also written fl-oi« in. Palmch-t-n'. A 

 genus of only 2 species, known to the trade as Kentias, 

 and certainly ranking among the 6 most popular palms 

 for house culture. They have the habit of Kentia, but 

 their fls. differ widely. Howea belongs to a subtribe in 

 which the fls. in each spadix are attached to the stem 

 between the bases of opposite Ivs., while Kentiabelongs 

 to another subtribe in wlii.'li tin- tls. are attached at a 

 lower point. AlsoHowia has ^vnnn. iiicalstaminate fls. 

 with rotund sepals, wliili- in l\. iitia the staminate fls. 

 are not symmetrical, the stii.ils l.fmf» small and acute. ' 



HOWEA 



Howea's nearest cultivated ally is Linospadix, from 

 which it is distinguished by the following characters: 

 staminate fls. with very numerous stamens, the anthers 

 erect and fastened at the base: pistillate fls. with no 

 staminodes : ovule erect. H. Belmoreana is the more 

 popular of the two species, and as a house plant may bo 

 readily told from H. Forsteriana by the more nearly 

 erect position of its leaf segments; those of E. For- 

 steriana are more pendent. Howeas are erect, spineless 

 palms, with stout ringed caudex : Ivs. tirniinal, nu- 

 merous, dense, equally pinnatiscit : -i-nniit- narmw, 

 acuminate: spadices 2-3 ft. lonfr, -i ;; i . fr.ni 1 



spathe, thick, cylindrical, nodding' ir :■ i * liun- 



cle long, compressed at the base: -| :.:i . ,:iaiy. as 

 long as the spadix, cylindrical, li kei-l.-a i.,uaiil the 

 apex, longitudinallv split: l.ia.^ts bordering the chan- 

 nels; bractlets scal\': l!-. ^unk in the deep furrows of 

 the spadix, the staiuiiiat.- mai ly an inch long: fr. VA in. 

 long, olive-shaped. 



Belmoreana, Becc. (Khith, n^l»u,rn)mi . F. Mucll.). 

 Cl-kly P.\i,m. Fig. 1107. I).-scril.ed and distini.'uisluMl 

 above. B.M. 7(I1S. K.H. I,s'.i7:2.-jil and p.:;."; V,X\ 111. 

 8:75. I. H. 21:1111. A.G. 13:141 ; IG.Iilfi. Mn. ;i:2.').- Var. 

 varlegata. Hurt. Adv. 1895 by Pitcher & Manda. 



Forsterlina, Becc. (Kfntia Forsferidna, F. Muell.). 

 Flat or Th.^tih Leaf Palm. G.C. in.8:75 and 533. 

 S.H. 2:53. A. G. 16:346. A.F. 4:5G5; 11:701. 



Jared G. Smith and W. M. 



The two species of this genus are beyond a doubt the 

 most popular and also the most satisfactory palms in 

 the trade for decorative work in general, anil in conse- 

 quence of the great and growing demand, are grown by 

 tens of thousands in the large nurseries. There does 

 not seem to be any record of either of these .species hav- 

 ing borne fruit in cultivation in this country, and the 

 trade, therefore, dcpi lids , .11 imported seeds, which are 

 gathered in inimcn-i inaiii itii-- on Lord Howe's Island, 

 usually shipped fnni tli.iMS' in Sydney, N. S. W., and 

 from the latter p.ni I.. . iiln r London or New York. 

 This long voyage is a .suvrn t. -t of the vitality of such 

 seeds, and frequently resuliv m laultv u'irniination, the 

 average of germination si Idom , x,a i diuf.- 50 percent, 

 and is often much less. 'I wo li(a\y shipments of 

 Howea seeds are made ea.di year, tiii; iirst installment 

 arriving in February or March, and the second in Sep- 

 tember or October. Many growers favor the autumn 

 shipment of these seeds as giving the best results. The 

 seeds should be sown at once on their arrival, the prac- 

 tice followed by large growers being that of broadcast- 

 ing the seeds on a side-bench in a warm greenhouse on 

 2 to 3 inches of light soil, then covering them with 1 

 inch of the same compost, watering liberally and keep- 

 ing up a bottom heat of about 80°. Under such treat- 

 ment some of the seeds may germinate in two months, 

 but others in the same lot may not start for eight or 



1106. Charles M Hovey 



nine months, fiom -nliich it will be sern that the opera- 

 tion extends over a considerable period of time. The 

 seedlings should be potted into small pots when the 

 first leaf is expanded, kept moist and given a night 

 temperature of 65°, the greenhouse in which they are 



