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0. Premiees de Nice. — This is a beautifnl form, growing 

 about eight feet high. The leaves are very broad, and 

 glaucous green. It is a free bloomer, producing in abun- 

 dance its large rich bright yellow flowers, and is very 

 ■desirable for either in-doors or the open air. 



0. Van Houtld, — This is a really fine variety. It grows 

 from six to eight feet high ; leaves very long, lanceolate, 

 ■dark green, margined with bronze. The flowers are pro- 

 -duced most abundantly, very large, and of an orange 

 scarlet colour. Undoubtedly this is one of the very best 

 of the semi-dark kinds. 



Caeludovica. 



A genus of low-growing Palm-like plants, which are 

 often considered and grown as Palms, but which belong 

 to the Cyclanth division of the Pandanads. Prom the 

 young leaves of one species the famous Panama hats are 

 made. Oarlvdovicas are very ornamental, soft and totally 

 unarmed, and may be used with advantage in the green, 

 house or sub-tropical garden during the summer. They 

 should be potted in soil composed of two parts peat and one 

 part sandy loam, and treated to a liberal supply of water. 

 These plants are increased by seeds, by suckers, and 

 •divisions of the old plant. 



C. airovirens. — This is a superb ornament in the stove, 

 and during summer, indeed, it forms a beautiftd object in 

 -the sub-tropical garden. The petioles and leaves are 

 intense deep green, quite smooth, and deeply bilobed. It 

 should be grown in any collection of ornamental-leaved 

 plants. 



G. hwmilis, — The present is one of the most beautiM of 

 the whole genus, but at the same time it is at present a 



