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palm does well witli ordinary border treatment throughout India 

 if watered freely during dry weather." (Woodrow.) 



Cultivation in Europe. — This palm is quite hardy in Cornwall 

 and nearly so in many less southern districts. In winter the tree 

 is satisfied wdth a mean temperature of 46^° F. 



(joebel's analysis of the ash of the leaves gives an idea of the 

 food required by the palm : 



Silicia 



Phosphoric Acid 



Aluminium and Ferric Oxide 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Soda 



Potash 



DeKerchove had excellent results by adding to the soil 7 parts 

 of assimilable nitrogen, 30 parts of bone phosphate and 50 parts 

 of torrefied animal substances. 



Many amateur gardeners in Central and Northern Europe have 

 been sadly disappointed when buying this palm. There are pro- 

 fessional gardeners who keep this palm in the hothouse during 

 summer and the plant, though naturally adapted to the temperate 

 house, grows rapidly and acquires great beauty. If, after that, 

 the palm is transferred to the dry drawing room where, besides, the 

 heat of the soil is wanting, the tips of the leaves begin to wither 

 and the stalks of the forming leaves become shorter and shorter, 

 and after a short time no trace of the former beauty is left. If 

 the Chinese Latania is expected to do well in the drawing- 

 room, early and careful adaptation to its future conditions is 

 required. 



Uses. — Fans are made of the leaves, and rope of the fibrous 

 sheaths of the leaf stalks. 



Illustration. — The photograph reproduced on Plate XXVI was 

 taken by Mr. Phipson in the garden of the Cama Hospital, Bombay. 

 The overhanging tips of the segments of the leaves give the palm 

 a very graceful appearance. Numerous bunches of fruits, which 

 by their weight bend down the stalks of the spadices, are hiding 

 the upper portion of the straight cylindrical stem. 



