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seed secured at Miami in 1901. An attempt was made to trans- 
plant mature plants of the latter species, but unsuccessfully. The 
other species of the genus, S. Palmetto, ranges from North Caro- 
lina to Florida, and is the palm reaching the most northern exten- 
sion of the Palmaceae along the Atlantic coast. It is the pal- 
metto of the south, or the cabbage palmetto or cabbage tree, as 
it is sometimes called, It attains a height of sixty feet or more, 
and then becomes a conspicuous feature in the landscape for a 
long distance, its tall slender trunks overtopping all other vegeta- 
tion. In young trees, and sometimes in individuals fifteen or 
twenty feet high, the hard bases of the petioles of the leaves re- 
main attached to the trunk, giving to such trees an appearance 
quite different from that found in the taller trees in which this 
feature is lacking. The pockets formed by these petiole remnants 
collect masses of humus which soon become the home of grace- 
ful ferns, mainly the golden polypody, see ig aureum, and 
the old man’s beard, Vittaria lineata. In collection in the 
large palm house will be found a specimen nee each type 
of trunk of this species. 
e saw palmetto, Serenoa serrulata, is the sole representative 
of this genus in the collections —a single small plant at the prop- 
agating houses. Those who have visited Florida and attempted 
to make a short cut through a growth of this palm probably have 
reason to remember it, for the petioles of the leaves are viciously 
armed with thorns which tear the clothing and lacerate the flesh. 
hen the long creeping rootstocks, almost entirely concealed by 
the foliage, which ramify over the surface of the ground, furnish 
an additional impediment to progress, tripping the unwary and 
plunging them into a mass of thorny leaves. Add to this the 
danger of the lurking rattlesnake, he of the diamond back, and 
a trip ee a saw-palmetto scrub becomes one of great interest 
and expec 
ei ie a monotypic genus, is found from South 
Carolina to Florida, and is rather rare. his is also called blue 
palmetto, but its other common name, needle palm, is much 
more descriptive, as it is armed with long needle-like thorns. 
The single species is known as R. Hysirix. It might with pro- 
