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* Chamerops humilis (the truly indigenous palm of the European 
“ shores of the Mediterranean, es Pu. "C CB in the south of Spain 
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cultivated plants, and although there were numerous seedlings near the 
specimens in fruit, I have no recollection of having met with a truly 
wild example of this palm. As most of my time, however, was devoted 
to gardens and not to the wild flora, my failing to see any wild plants 
of this sud does e count for much 
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'The pa itherto named, as well as some others iei bes easy 
to recognise, their characters hatiig familiar. But ther grea 
many plants in the garden the Riviera with names which "eeveainlly 
do not ‘ie eh to them. Ti ac some cases the errors were apparent enou 
as for instance when we saw Livistona inermis name opernicia 
erifera, a Ficus of some kind called Artocarpus incisa and Strelitzia 
augusta labelled S. Regine. But the difficulties which give one most 
pou feck the different and various names which are given to what 
appea be absolutely the same plants. Some explanation for this 
deplorable state of PX is found in the fact that the gardens of the 
ave been stocked chiefly by nurserymen, many of whom are 
careless i in respect of names. ‘The experience of Dr. Glaziou, Director 
at Kew, may be mentioned here as bearing upon this difficulty of nomen- 
elature, and particularly in its relation to Palms. For many years Dr. 
Glaziou has been purchasing and planting in his garden at Rio as many 
palms as he could obtain from nurserymen and others.. Already a large 
number of the plants thus procured have grown to maturity, flowered, 
and have been determined. Many d them, he de ad to be wrongl 
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named, whilst the number of those which identical, was 
surprising. It is de ai soi T useful work of this kind should be gone 
on with. t Kew we nscious that the names of some of the 
plants, and particularly "3 some or the palms, are ide not correct ; 
but they have been obtained under these names and are generally grown 
as such. Until they flower, however, it is impossible to deal with them 
satisfactorily. 
One of the most iare of the gardens visited was a branch 
establishment at Hyéres, of the Société d'Acclimatation, in Paris. Here 
a good dea! of what iay be called experimental gardening is practised, 
plants of all kinds being planted and tested as to their ‘hardiness, &c. 
Some of the most important of them are included in the lists which 
follow. The cultivation and keep generally in these gardens were first 
rate, and most of the plants were legibly labelled. When inspecting 
these gardens the idea was suggested that a well-managed botanical 
station, devoted chiefly to experimental eae D proving, and breeding 
operations amongst plants, would, if established in some such favoured 
locality as Hyéres, be capable of much valuable wor 
Mr. Hanbury P Dr. Benneit at Mentone and Professor Naudin at 
. Antibes have done much by cultivating and distributing useful plants of 
all kinds from their Hiehiy stocked gardens. But there is still much to be 
done by the systematic botanist gew the names of the plants are in 
. harmony with Pe ned m use at 
PALMS. 
.. The number of genera represented in the list of those noted amounted 
to 16. I was surprised not to find deny Dees uet genera as Caryota, 
