teen years. 



PALM 



ith ordinary care. Archontophainix Alex- 



1. Cuiminghamii, the most elegant of our 



Palms after Oocos plumosa, are not quite so hardy but 

 will thrive from Santa Barbara southward, in warm 

 locations. The same exposures, with shade during the 

 hottest r'lrt of the day, will do for ffedyscepe Canter- 

 lurH'"fi :.n.| IJr,i,;;i Forsteriaim and M. Belmoreuim: 



iil^i. /," ' ' '/' > liiiHfri and li. sapi'hu Tin' lour 



spr.!. .1 - :■ I'.-m to thrive and si-'-'l M '-11 i" thi- 



.si-ri] . i J >- I'nlmetto and 



Cocos Hucifera, are 

 veined class. 



There are also mino 

 mark many of the gen 

 with erose tips, a fi- 

 CarijoU 



), others 



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iples of the feather- 



..fi... „f fniinL'p that 



• ■.'. ,,. ' ..,,,.■.■ (as 



' li.'ivmg 



1m -. -1,1. Ill- ..f the 



the 



yiVin 



yy,/,/. ;. I :■ 1 \- liardy, but on account of its dwarf 



haiii' ! I ' li^ively planted as its merits deserve. 

 7i'/, I IS and R. humilis need protection 



fn„,i -nil ;ii N. . iiiLUjih there is a Rhapis growing for 

 ten vears without protection from either sun or frost, 

 and in the coldest section of Los Angeles, but its color is 

 not all that could be desired. Ohamoedoreas are planted 

 only where they can be protected from both frost and 

 sun, though they thrive better under such circumstances 

 than they do under glass. In such situations they are 

 lust the plant for the purpose, as they do not grow 

 away from the protectmg tree as do sun and light 

 lo\ ing Palms but icnmu erect Bialua dulcis may 

 occibionilh I II I 111 -1 i\\s too slowh to be popu 



lar One nl i " 1 hardiest Palms, one that 



deserves 1 i i to be more extensively 



planted is y > We have a few 20 feet in 



height with I IimIi 4 li 1 1 in diameter, and are much 

 more striking in appearance than any of the Phoenix, 

 which latter they somewhat resemble 



Ernest Braunton 

 Til \"iilPiImis ip pnlti flrsi-nition of one of the 

 111. t mini 1 111), iiiiii tiniihs iinong the mono 



bit 11 1 1 1 I 111 u_li ni in\ 1 III -. irr not yet 

 in Lultu itiuu 1 he HI ml 1-I3 "i this family are 

 essentiallj tropic il in hibitit, aie highly oma 

 mental in appearance, and many of them also of ^,, 

 \ery great economical value their n; 



fruits, stems and leaves not only 

 entering lar^ch into the raanufac 

 tured piodui ts iit Imth Europe and 

 Anicrua but also proMding both 

 food and slu Iti 1 for thousands of 



having beeu estimated to include fully sixty millions of 

 flowers ! 



The seeds of Palms are also found in many sizes and 

 various shapes, ranging from the size of a pea in some 

 of the Thrinax to the unwieldy fruits of the Double 

 Cocoanut, Lodoicea Sechellarum, which will sometimes 

 weigh 40 lbs each and retiuire several years to reach 

 maturitj 



As a rule, the members of any single genus of Palms 

 are found m one hemisphcie cither the eastern or 

 western as the case nia\ be piobably the greater num 

 ber of sinLiis lienv i.f \siiti( origin, and eompara 

 tiveh few 1 I iii_ f uihI 111 Mill 1 \n apparent excep 

 tion is t mill till \ t III I 111 inispheric distribution 

 in till II I til ( iiiiii ihi- pHnt being so very 



wideh ih^mliiit il ilii u_li ui tiie tropical world that 

 Its ougiml Uibitit is sull 111 doubt On the other hand, 

 some species 11 c found to be \ erj local m their natural 



the 



not ible characteristic 

 ot Pilms 111 „, nil il is their un 

 bianih.il stuns thi exceptions to 

 tills mil I" iiu ^er\ few, and 

 111. -ih liiiiii I 1 . llii members of 

 on. . nil II I II I 11, of which the 

 D.iuni I 1I111 I I ^\| t R Thebaica, 

 1^ till I 1 . \ uii| I. While these 

 unbrin. I1..I st. 111s form a promt 

 nent fi itun 111 connection with 

 tins order of pi Hits, yet great va 

 nations are tuuud m size and habit, 

 some of till III tiiwirmg up like a 

 slender maiblc shaft to a height ot 

 more than Kill ti 1 1 and then termi 

 iivtmg in a crown of magnificent 

 ]iluiiie likelea\ts while others may 

 reich a hcit,lit of only 3-4 feet 

 when fulh de\ eloped In some in 

 stuiecs the stems are so long and 

 slender th it a scandent habit is 

 thf result , tin si rope like stems 

 ot the Rattan I'llins in particulai 

 are desi rilii d is w tndering through 

 the tops ot s.iiiii ot the great trees 

 of the M il i\ 111 Peninsula to a 

 length of s, M nl hundred feet 

 The folia.,0 ot the Palms is of 





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/' 





-A. 





fan 







diettate leaved 



long niidril ih I II 1 n _ 1 1 . .1111 iitlj diMiied into lonj 

 narrow seennnts ot tin hrst group the common Fa 

 Palm Liififona Sinensis is a good example, while tt 

 Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifeta, and also the Cocoanu 



st iti in iiroot of which the Howeas may be cited, this 

 genus has bein found only within the circumscribed 

 area of Lord Howe's Island, which from a comparative 

 pomt of view maj be termed merely a fragment ot land 



