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quesas group, some twenty miles west of Key West, and Serenoa 
arborescens, the only other known representative of a genus con- 
fined to our southern states, the first and typical species being 
the common saw palmetto, S. serrulata, 
Below are the twelve species under cultivation in the Garden, 
with a few words of description appended to each 
In the genus 7hrinax, two of the three species are represented ; 
these are Z: Floridana and T. microcarpa. Of the former, two 
these must be slow, but these plants are now showing evidences 
of activity in the pushing out of new leaves. The chief charm 
of this thrinax is in the abundance of ivory-white fruit which 
it bears and the elegant contrast of this with the deep green 
were obtained. Some of the clusters of fruit were two or three 
_feet long and a foot through, and they were borne in such pro- 
fusion that the mass of ivory white completely encircled the tree. 
T. microcarpa has much smaller fruit, and for this reason is not 
so ornamental, but it is by no means to be despised, and were it 
not for the presence of its more showy relative, would take a 
more prominent place. It has more silvery leaves and a thicker 
trunk, this latter feature giving it a more robust appearance. 
Both species are unknown outside of Florida. 
This is also true of the two species of Coccothrinax inhabiting 
the state, for at present they are known to occur on 
extreme southern part of the peninsula. We are tae in 
possessing living specimens of both of these, which bear respect- 
ively the names of C. jucunda and C. Garéeri, although I must 
confess that our specimens of the latter are still in a doubtfu 
state. This, C. Garberi, is known only from the neighborhood of 
Miami, where it is indeed abundant, and its successful culture 
has proved a most perplexing problem, not only with us at the 
Garden, but with others who have attempted to transplant it 
from its native woods to gardens in the immediate vicinity. It 
