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as you paid pence for the nut. We are not speaking at random ; for at the pres- 

 ent moment we know a plant, raised from a nut planted four years back, that 

 stands over six feet high, and for which the proprietor would not take less than 

 five guineas in the ordinary way of trade. It is not in the possession of a pri- 

 vate grower, who could set any fancy price upon a plant because he had no wisli 

 to part with it. We have also seen two plants, raised by a private grower in the 

 same space of time, that now stand twelve feet high, with immense fronds. We 

 have mentioned this rather fully, to enable any one to see how easy and simple 

 these plants are to cultivate, and with what a very small outlay any one can be- 

 gin, if he be content to commence in a small way. C. coronata and C. Peru- 

 viana are both trooil kinds. 



THKINAX PARVIFLORA. 



^^ D(Bmonorops plutnosa \^ ont o( iho. most elegant palms grown. A small 

 grower. The leaves are a fine deep green, handsomely plumed. Euterpe edulis 

 is especially good. It grows with a slender stem, and from the summit it throws 

 out on all sides beautiful dark-green arching fronds. Whether twenty inches or 

 twenty feet high, this is one of the very best. 



'■' Livistonia olivaformis and L. subglobosiis are two of the grandest fan-palms 

 grown : too much cannot be said in their favor, and they are both cheap. 



"Phoenkorphoriiffi Sechellarum is rather a rare but extremely beautiful palm, 

 from the Island of Seychelles. The leaves are dark green, spotted with bright 

 orange ; and the stem and leaf-stalks are armed with long needle-shaped spines : 

 a very distinct kind. 



" Thrinax presents us with several splendid species. T. argeiitea, Martii, 

 elegans, and radiata, are all first-class. 



" Verschaffeltia splendida. — We will not go so far as to say that this is the 



