THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



better), and even drying out until the 

 leaves droop, and still maintain an ap- 

 pearance of which no one need be 

 ashamed. Next in order would come 

 the Kenlias, Ba/moreana, Forsteriana, 

 and Canlerburyana, then Latania Bor- 

 bonica and Seaforthia Elegans, followed 

 after a little experience, by Areca Lut- 

 escens and Cocos Wcddeliana ; these last 

 two are very graceful, the Cocos per- 

 haps being the finest of all for table 



symmetry so necessary in a palm. 

 However, having possessed yourself of 

 a plant grown in a high temperature, is 

 no reason for discouragement, as each 

 succeeding leaf, after the first one grown 

 outside the greenhouse, will come on a 

 little longer stem, and the plant in time 

 resume its graceful shape. When buy- 

 ing, be sure your plants are well rooted, 

 have them turned out of the pots and 

 see that the tips of the roots are white 



Fig. 1533. — Ph<enix Rupioola. 



decoration. And now a word about 

 buying the plant, content yourself with 

 something of rather a small size to start 

 with and try and get a plant that has 

 been grown in a cool temperature. If 

 you get a plant that has been grown 

 in a high temperature, the next few 

 leaves it puts out, after having been 

 removed from the greenhouse, will 

 come with shorter stems than those al- 

 ready on the plant, thus destroying the 



or pink, and that there is a goodly num- 

 ber of them. A well rooted, cool grown 

 palm may be safely removed from the 

 greenhouse to our living rooms at any 

 season of the year. 



The first requisite of house culture 

 is regular attention. Other plants may 

 be .injured by neglect and quickly re- 

 cover, not so with the palm. The 

 damage done by one weeks neglect may 

 require a couple of years to repair. By 



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