PALM CULTURE IN OUR HOMES. 



Read by Mr. J. O. McCulloch, at the December Meeting of the Hamilton Horticultural Society. 



DN this paper " Palm Culture in Our 

 Homes," I can only give an ac- 

 count of the method pursued by 

 myself. It may not be the best 

 method, but it has resulted in some 

 fairly good plants, and there is no doubt 

 that any one, with the exercise of a 

 little care and patience, can produce 



This is a mistake, as there are few 

 plants that will give as much satisfaction, 

 with ordinary care as some varieties of 

 the palm. They will grow and thrive 

 where any blooming plant would prove 

 a disappointment, because they do not 

 require the sunlight which most other 

 plants must have. 



Fig. 1532. — Phcenix Reclinata. 



fine specimens of this most graceful and 

 beautiful class in our ordinary living 

 rooms ; and I hope, that those who 

 have succeeded, perhaps by some differ- 

 ent method, will give us the benefit of 

 their experience. 



It is unfortunate that many have been 

 deterred from attempting to grow palms, 

 by the somewhat widespread notion, 

 that they will not do well in the house. 



Palm culture, • like everything else, 

 must start by procuring the palm. Any 

 florist can supply you, but it is not so 

 easy to say with what variety to begin. If 

 I were advising anyone to make a start, 

 it would be with Phoenix Reclinata or 

 Phoenix Rupicola. These two will stand 

 almost anything, high temperature, low 

 temperature, fluctuating temperature, 

 coal gas (the less of it however the 



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