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Mexican Bamboo. (Bambusa vulgaris Wendl.) See p. 427. 
PuatTe LXVII. 
Large groups of bamboo are cultivated for ornament in many 
gardens and by roadsides, especially in the vicinity of Hamilton. 
The taller plants seen may be from 20 to 30 feet high. They are 
relatively slender and very graceful. 
The following are the more common species of foreign cultivated 
palms :— 
Royal Palm; Mountain Palm; Barbadoes Cabbage Palm. ( Oreo- 
doxa oleracea Mart.) 
Figures 0, 42. Puate LXVI, Ficure 2. 
This isthe tallest and most beautiful of the palms that have been 
cultivated here. Solitary specimens of good size occur in many 
grounds. Five tall trees that stand by the roadside, a short distance 
west of Hamilton, and near Crow Lane, are the best known exam- 
ples. The trunk is remarkably smooth, hard, and symmetrical, look- 
ing almost as if turned in a lathe. The pinnate leaves are often 20 
feet or more long. ; 
This palm is native in the West Indies, where it sometimes grows 
to the height of 100 to 120 feet. 
The true “Royal Palm” of.the West Indies (0. regia Kth.) is 
similar, but the trunk is largest or swollen about midheight, and it 
does not grow so tall. 
Gru-gru Palm; Grigri Palm. (Astrocaryum aureum Gr. & Wendl.) 
Cultivated in a few places. Two of the largest are at Mt. Lang- 
ton. The trunk, leaves, and spadix bear black prickles, those of the 
leaves about a quarter of an inch long. Native of the West Indies. 
The name Gru-gru Palm is also applied in the West Indies to 
Martinezia corallina Mart., of Martinique, which bears bright red 
berries, about half an inch in diameter. 
It is said that the name is given to these trees because the pith is 
infested by the very large, fat larva (gru-gru) of a boring beetle 
(Calandra palmarum), which is extracted and used as food by the 
natives, in the West Indies, who consider it a great delicacy. 
Cocoa-nut Palm. (Cocos nucifera L.) 
FIGURE 3. 
Cultivated in many places, but seldom of large size. The fruit does 
not fully mature. In nearly all specimens the trunk is strongly 
