ON ROOM PLANTS. 



767 



FIG. 506. — JUB^EA SPECTABILIS. 



pulchrd), Archontophainix Cunninghamiana (Seqforthia elegans ; 



Ptychosperma Cunninghamiana), Sabal Adansonii, S. Blackbum- 



iana (S. umbraculifera), 



Jubma spectabilis (Fig. 506), 



Nannorhops Ritchieana, 



and most of the Arecas. 



One frequently 



sees the dwarf and 



graceful Geonoma 



gracilis in rooms, 



butit is ill-adapted 



for such a pur- 

 pose, and had 



better be omitted 



from the list. 

 The window 



offers the best 



position for growing them, 



as Palms are lovers of light. 



Here they will succeed if 



bought in summer, as they 



should be, and treated 



on the lines elsewhere 



laid down, as regards watering and until severe frosts are 



expected. They should then be removed from the window each 



evening, and 

 be placed in 

 a part of 

 the room out 

 of the reach 

 of frosts. In 

 addition to 

 the covering 

 already 

 noted, it may 

 be advisable 

 to enclose 

 the pots in a 

 warm frost- 

 proof mate- 

 rial like felt. 

 Next to 

 Palms, the 

 Aspidistras 

 are the most 

 popular foli- 

 age plants. A. lurida, A. I. variegata, and A. elatior (Fig. 507) 

 are the kinds used for room decoration, and there are no 



Fig. 507.— Aspidistra elatior. 



