852 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



{Kentia Johannis) is a handsome species (Fig. 570), having 

 terminal leaves, with minutely - toothed pinnae; the midrib 

 finishes in a small curve with an oblique and truncate apex; in 

 its young state the petiole or rachis is of a deep blood colour, 

 and is sometimes clothed with grey. V. Storckii {Kentia 

 Storckii and K. elegans) attains in its native country 40ft. in 



Ftg. 570. — Veitchia Johannis. 



height ; it produces a hard and smooth stem, dark brown below 

 and a lighter shade above ; the leaves have coriaceous pinnae, 

 glabrous on both sides. 



Verschaffeltia. — This genus of Palms is represented by 

 an elegant stove plant resembling in its early state a Phceni- 

 cophorum, and thrives very well in a compost of two parts peat 

 and one part loam and sand. It also requires a high temperature 

 ;ind a constantly-saturated atmosphere, and is propagated by seeds. 



