CONSERVATORY PLANTS.— PALMS. 



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but good-sized bushes are much more quickly obtained by grafting on clean young 

 privet stems. 



Palms.— Without a few or many medium-sized to large palms, conservatories would 

 present a stiff, formal 



appearance, altogether 



lacking in the coolness 

 and boldness to bo met 

 with where good selec- 

 tions of these noble 

 plants are employed. An 

 intermediate or warm 

 greenhouse temperature, 

 accompanied by a mo- 

 derate amount of mois- 

 ture in the atmosphere, 

 suits many of the best 

 palms in cultivation. 

 They would naturally 

 make greater progress in 

 stronger heat, but plants 

 with longer leaf-stalks 

 are not always the most 

 attractive in appearance, 

 and are not so generally 

 serviceable as those not 

 forced in any way. Some 

 of the best kinds for 

 conservatory decoration 

 have been referred to in 

 the chapter devoted to 



Palms, and cultural in- Fig 13Q _ Enthance to Mr Alfred de Rothschild's Conservatory. 



formation there given. 



Similar remarks also apply to Cycadaceous plants, which are also employed in the 

 furnishing of conservatories. (See pp. 176 — 183, Vol. II.) 

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