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DESIGN FOR A FLOWER-STAND. 
This design was sent to us some time ago by Mr. 
Saul, of Lancaster. It is intended for placing cut flowers, 
which have in it an excellent effect, having the appear- 
ance of a complete pyramid. It is well calculated for 
showing dahlias, &c. Each height of vessels is filled 
with water, and the flowers placed in, as shown in the 
outline, beginning at a, and filling every vessel down to 
b. The whole is made of tin, and can be manufactured 
of any size, and for a trifling expense. 
WAX PALM. 
The ceroxylon, a species of palm, so called from its 
singular property of affording wax, is only found on the 
Mountains of Quindin, in South America. Tropical 
plants, in general, do not vegetate at a greater height than 
500 toises above the level of the sea ; it is singular, there- 
fore, that the wax palm is never found below 900, and that it grows in great profu- 
sion at 1450 toises, where the mean temperature is from 66° to 68° Fahr. It sometimes 
also springs up and thrives in regions 1000 toises higher, and in a temperature 
30° below that in which any other of the same tribe or family are to be found. 
The wax palm rises to the prodigious height of 180 feet, and its leaves are 
20 feet in length. A remarkable circumstance in this tree, is, the secreted matter 
with which its trunk is covered, to the thickness of nearly two inches. This sub- 
stance, according to the analysis of Vauquelin, consists of two-thirds of resin, and 
one of wax. Being extremely inflammable, it is employed by the natives, in 
conjunction with one-third of tallow, in the manufacture of candles. 
