KEm, Rare amd Beautiful Plawts. 
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IX. 
For Out-door Decorations. 
JTILiL THE SPECIES in the foregoing list, as well as the following Palms and Cycadeas, require for their suc- 
f^K cessful cultivation an average temperature of 50 to 60 degrees; but when used as decorative plants for 
A \ greenhouses, conservatories, winter gardens, or even for out-door decorations (for which they are specially 
adapted), they will endure without harm an occasional drop in the temperature to 40 degrees. 
ABiZSCA. Pine decorative plants of robust and dwarf 
habit, with strong pinnated fronds. 
A. Baueri {Kentia liaueri) S3 .50 to $10 00 
A. Madagascariensis 10 00 to 20 00 
A . monostachya {SeafoHhia prwrnorsa) . 2 00 to 5 00 
A. sapida 2 00 to 5 00 
CEROXTLON. The Wax Palm from the Andes; of 
very striking character, with their beautiful broad fol- 
iage, silvery underneath; very fine and of imposing 
habit. 
C. andicola $5 00 to $15 00 
C. Klopstochia (cerifera) 10 00 
C. neveum 7 50 to 20 00 
CHADUBDOREA. Feathery, light and graceful palms, 
with fine green fronds, and vei-y floriferous. The flow- 
ers are vei-y fragrant, and develop into beautifully col- 
ored berries. 
C. Emesti-Aug-asti. New 
C. lunata S3 00 to $5 00 
C. montana 3 00 to 10 00 
C. Sartorii 2 00 to 5 00 
C. Schiedeana 2 .'iO to 5 00 
CHAM.,EROPS HUMILIS. 
LiviSTONiA CHiNiiNsis. (See page 64.) 
CHAMSROFS. All the Chamierops Palms are partic- 
ularly hardy in the open air. No better decorative 
plants for lawns and in groups can be found. 
C. arborescens $5 00 
C. Portunei (e.irdsa) 3 50 to $10 00 
C. hiimilis 5 00 to 10 00 
C. hystrix 2 50 to 10 00 
C. Martiana 7 50 to 10 00 
COFERNICEA. Excellent decorative 
palms, with large and broad leaves of 
handsome color. 
C. maritima $5 00 to $10 00 
C. Miragfuania (Chumoerops or Corypha 
Mirn(iuaiiia). Very efEective; its leaves 
are dark green above and silvery under- 
neath. 
CORTFHA austr alls {Livisto nia austraUs) , 
An excellent and hardy palm, of compact 
and robust habit. $1.50 to $10. 
JUBSA spectabilis. The Cocos Palm 
from Chili; is a very decorative, hardy 
and useful plant. $5 to $10. 
KENTIA sapida (Arcca sapida). A dwarf 
and compact hardy and useful palm. $3 
to $7.50. 
LATANZA borbonica. See lAvUtonia ChU 
nensis, page 61. 
