PALMERELLA 



1197 



Middle States beiiij; th.' r.nt, r ..f this 



industry, though larLr. nunili. is :ir.- also 



grown in a few suuth. rn st;iii-: and ' 



owing to a favorabb- rlimat.- an.i i:iailu- 



ally improving busin.-ss iii.tli...ls. it 



seems probalile that American growers 



will soon be able to compete with their 



more experienced brethren of Europe in l^^'' 



this class of plants. of Howea 1 



horticulturr. in tlir riiiT.'.l Stat.s are contained in a 

 very shurt list.ilic -r, at. r .|uantity being confined to 

 five species, naiinlv, /./ r/,s7..H,i ( 'Iiiiienxix, Hnwea Bel- 

 moreana, Howra Fvr.^t.ri.iiia, VI,nisal!,lnr„rp„M J„t,-x- 

 cens and Cocos »',-rl<lel!iami, v.-hUf l.--- .ii.im;iii.- ..f 

 Caryota urens, several species of Pli i / ' 



ensis being quite largely planted out'l. I - .;li 



and on portions of the Pacific coast, .S', ./■,//. . ', ,./;.< 

 and some others of the Ptychosperma group, and some 

 few Livistonas cover the extent of the catalogue for 

 many growers. 



Of these, the seeds are imported in a majority of 

 cases, and on the quality of these seeds the success of 

 the grower depends, so far as getting up a stock is con- 

 cerned. Most of these species germinate readily in 



mflis. piLt.iilh til II I., ing compara- 

 ttl. ic.ot I. tl. n (.11 till ]. irt of most Palms 

 I \ \ ijilier 1 and March 1. Give only 

 .si I shifts, that is, use pots only 1 or 

 lu_ 1 and always ram the soil firmly. 

 1 s ,1 IS the basis t,.r tli. !>. st soil for 



.1 safe fertilizer 

 various proportu 



propoi 



w ith 



tl T " II,. 11 .illowed 

 to gaii I mg tht great- 

 est d Ml Is may become 

 estalili ^ persisted in. 

 The 111 I 11 II 1 [ I I 1 1 'se observation 

 on the pait nt the gn.w < i . .iiid tin prompt removal of 

 all insects w. H. Taplin. 



PiLMA Christi is Castor Oil Plant, Bicinus. 



F&LMEB£LLA (Dr. Edward Palmer, contempora- 

 neous American botanical collector). Lobeliaceif. A 

 genus of one species, a rare herb found in Lower Calif., 

 with small blue fis. like those of a Lobelia. The genus 

 differs from Lobelia in the remarkable adnation of the 

 well as in the integrity of the corolla-tube, 



