PALM-CULTURE 



and drying up," one writes. " What's wrong ?" 

 Nine times out of ten the trouble comes 

 from too much water at the roots. This may 

 originate in defective drainage, or it may come 

 from keeping the pot in a jardiniere with two 

 or three inches of water in it. If a jardiniere 

 is to be used, be sure to place a brick or some- 

 thing similar in it for the pot to stand on 

 something that will raise the pot above the 

 water that runs through it. Palms are not 

 aquatics, as some seem to think. 



It may be that the leaves turn brown be- 

 cause of a diseased condition of the roots. 

 Turn the ball of earth out of the pot and ascer- 

 tain the condition the roots are in. If they are 

 white their entire length, well and good. If 

 brown at their ends you may know that there 

 is something wrong with them. Either drain- 

 age is defective, or you have allowed the soil to 

 become dry. The remedy, in case of defective 

 drainage, is to make good the mistake. In the 

 second it is to water your plant regularly. 

 Attention to these matters when the first symp- 

 toms of trouble are seen may avert serious 

 consequences. 



Then keeping the plant too far from the 

 light may have something to do with it. In 



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