THE PALM COLLECTION 



During and after the recent reconstruction of the roof of the 

 large palm greenhouse at Conservatory Range No. I, New York 

 Botanical Garden, the extensive collection of palms was rear- 

 it now contains about 130 different species, represented by 530 



The two tallest specimens are a feathery Cocos from Brazil, 

 reaching a height of forty feet and a Corozo Palm (Acrocomia) 

 from Porto Rico, its trunks a foot in diameter, entirely covered 



The most graceful one under the large dome is a rock date 



palm of India, Arenga saccherifera, which is of economic im- 

 wards. In the houses next the dome will be found numerous 



groups. One is of our American Desert Palm, Neo-Washing- 

 ern California; another of the Chinese Fan Palm, the leaves 



to the Garden in 1906 by Dr. Britton and the late Professor J. 

 F. Cowell. 



