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Cabbage Palm, from the fact that a delicious vegetable 

 is afforded by the. compressed young leaves, but as this- 

 can only be obtained at the cost of the plant's life, the 

 return is very inadequate. Pot in loam with a little peat 

 and sand. They will form beautiful ornaments ia the 

 sub-tropical garden, and also for the decoration of apart- 

 ments, but out-doors require to be sheltered from wind.. 

 Increased by seeds. ' 



0. oleracea. — Stem slender, swollen at the base, dark 

 green, freckled with blackish brown, but clothed for some 

 time with the persistent petioles, which are brown ; leaves 

 pinnate, four to six feet in length, and beautifiilly arched ; 

 pinnae one to two feet in length, and bright dark green. • 

 A most elegant plant. From the stem of this a farinaceous 

 substance is obtained resembling sago. Native of the 

 West Indies. 



0. regia. — This is a slender-growing and graceful spe- 

 cies. The leaves are pinnate, from three to six feet in 

 length ; pinnae six to twelve inches in length, and less than 

 one inch in breadth, the colour bright green on both sides. 

 Native of Cuba. 



0. vmitricosa. — As its name implies, the stem of this 

 species is very much swollen at the base, with a narrow 

 neck, and clothed with the broad pale brown persistent 

 sheaths. The leaves are pinnate, six feet or more long, 

 beautifully arched, the petioles glaucous, the pinnae eighteen 

 to twenty-four inches in length, and one to one and a half 

 inches in width, and bright green. Like the preceding 

 species, this is wholly destitute of spines. Native of 

 South America. 



Obeopanax. 

 A genus of AmUacece, the species included in which are 



