FOLIAGE PLANTS 



Fig. 37. KentJa belmoreana as a house plant 



Areca lutescens has narrower leaflets than the 

 Kentias and the leaves are also more erect. The 

 Arecas also branch near the base, thus giving rise 

 to numerous stalks which make the plants more 

 bushy. 



The Latania borbonica, or fan palm, is also 

 easily grown. Livingstona rotundifolia, a 

 palm with leaves similar to those of the fan 

 palm but of a more compact and graceful habit, 



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