n6 Floral Decoration of Apartments in Paris. 



in the open ground. In the same establishments enormous quan- 

 tities of Roses are forced, small and pretty Roses being in great 

 demand in Paris through the winter and early spring. 



A well-known Parisian cultivator has obliged me with the fol- 

 lowing article on 



PLANTS USED FOR ROOM AND WINDOW 

 DECORATION IN PARIS. 



BY M. A. CHANTIN. 



The following are a few notes on the principal plants which serve 

 for window decoration in Paris. Among these, the Palms, with- 

 out doubt, occupy the most important position. I give below a 

 list of those which are most generally used, not only because of 

 their hardy character, but also on account of the very moderate 

 price at which they can be obtained. 



Chamaerops humilis and excelsa. Corypha australis, although 

 now but little known as a house plant, is destined in a short time to 

 occupy a foremost place in the decoration of apartments. It makes 

 itself conspicuous by its peculiar beauty, and the number of its 

 leaves, and is, I believe, the most hardy and enduring of all the 

 Palms for indoor culture. Cocos coronata and flexuosa are very 

 elegant, and produce a charming effect. Latania borbonica is 

 certainly one of the most recherche plants of this family, and is 

 valued as much for the beautiful green of its leaves as for its 

 hardiness and elegant appearance. Phoenix dactylifera, leonensis, 

 and reclinata are also very much sought after, and are highly 

 esteemed. Areca alba, lutescens, and rubra. The following Palms 

 could also be used with great advantage in the decoration of apart- 

 ments ; but their high price and great rarity cause them to be not 

 much known, although they accommodate themselves to the at- 

 mosphere of rooms as well as any of those previously mentioned. 

 Areca sapida, most of the species of the genus Caryota, Chamaedorea 

 amazonica and elatior, Chamaerops palmetto, Elais Guineensis, Eu- 



