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supply of water and ample pot room. They are increased 

 from seeds. 



K. australis. — ^A very handsome slender growing plant ; 

 leaves pinnate, long and slender, and rich dark green in 

 colour. When this species attains a little size, it will 

 become a general favourite with all lovers of this order. 

 ■Native of Lord Howe's Island. 



K. Baiu&ri. — ^A species of great beauty, attaining a 

 height of twenty feet (exclusive of its crown of fronds) 

 in its native country. The leaves are from six to twelve 

 feet long, pinnate ; pinnse eighteen inches to two feet 

 in length. The flowers are produced upon a branching 

 spadix, and are ivory white, succeeded by bright scarlet 

 shining globose berries : this is a description of the plant 

 when some years old. In its young state it is a handsome 

 window plant, or is well adapted for vases in sitting-rooms, 

 and for the decoration of the dinner-table ; and in its 

 larger state it forms a magnificent object during summer 

 in the snb-tropical garden. It is to be found ia collections 

 nnder the name of Areca Bauen and Seaforthia rohusta. 

 Native of Norfolk Island. 



K. Belmoreana. — This is a very beautiful plant, known 

 in its native country as the " curly-leaved Palm," when 

 mature it reaches a height of from forty to fifty feet ; the 

 leaves are pinnate and deep green, the leaflets having a 

 handsome and curious curled appearance. It is a very 

 graceful species. Native of Lord Howe's Island. 



K. Ganterb}iryancC. — This is a truly handsome species ; its. 

 native name being the " ZPnibrella Palm ; " it attains some 

 twenty or thirty feet, ar I is of very robust habit. The 

 stem is stout and unarmed, as also are the petioles ; the 

 leaves are pinnate, reaemhUag Ptyschosperma Giinninghamii, 

 saving that the leaflets are more robust than iu that plant, 



