296 
than P. dactylifera. The raising of these Palms. from seeds is ‘done 
on a large scale, and thousands of- small plants, 2 or : feet high, are 
se in t 
saloons. The seeds are sown in beds in the open; ais seedlings are 
cet off in shallow trenches in the same way as celery is planted 
here. is is done as a rica against drought, as the trenches can 
be regularly flooded in summ 
had been tried at Cannes, but it perished in the winter 
temperatur 
Bhopalost lis. — Both species are represented in several of the 
gardens visited. «They are commonly known under the names of Kentia 
(or Areca) sapida and Baueri. The former was uninjured by 6 degrees 
ot frost. 
- Sabal.—Some very fine specimens of several Ege of Sabal w 
noted. „At Hyères, Cannes, Antibes, and Nice, S. Blackburniana (of 
in the Palm House at Kew),is M Ss 
by "ain examples in "perfect health. S. Adansoni, S. hava 85:8. 
Palmetto, S. umbraculifera, and one called S. Ghiesbre rëghtiiy t were rio 
noted. No doubt all the species of this noble genus could be established 
in the Riviera. 
Seaforthia elegans. as small: plant under a handlight, at Hyères, 
and a beautiful M en 20 feet high, in perfeet health, on one of the 
lawns at Villa Valetta. = a the ornamental chatacter of this 
palm, its popularity: and i — it is surprising that only these 
two examples of it were noted. 
Trachycarpus (Chamerops) Fortunei i.—A grove of. large plants at 
Cannes, and a very fine specimen, 20 fect high, at Nice; this palm is 
quite hardy at Kew. 
rithrinaz.—Under the name of Thrinax Chuco, several fine plants 
were met with. The manager of the Floricultural Society, at Nice, 
where a number of plants are grown, stated that the cold of 1887 (11 
degrees) did not hurt this palm. 
ashingtonia.—One of the glories of the Riviera.. It is a native of 
California, where it is known as the Desert a It was first brought 
to notice by Dr. C. C. Parry, whod n 1849—50, but it does not 
appear to have been named until 1860, when 3 was called, Brahea dulcis?, 
Wendland afterwards placed it in Pritchardia, and "finally founded 
the com N ngtonia upon it. Ee oris ently, n was not T 
was assured that the largest of these plants was uot more than 12 se 
— from the date of the introduction of the vds es this cannot 
