PALMS, CrCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
Including ENCEPHALARTOS, MACROZAMIA, &c. 
The Palms constitute the most noble family in the vegetable kingdom, and afford 
sufficient diversity of character to allow of selections being made from them for the- 
greenhouso, stove, or conservatory, to either of which Palms impart a richer tropical 
appearance than any other plants. Some of the miniature dwarf-growing kinds are,, 
from their light and graceful forms, admirably adapted for table decoration, for vases, 
or for almost every purpose in which ornamentation is desired. The more hardy and 
larger kinds can be used for sub-tropical gardening, to which they impart a most 
luxuriant grandeur, evidence of which has been given at Battersea Park, and in other' 
places where Palms have been used. 
Selections of Stove Palms, at 6, 9 and 12 guineas 'per dozen. 
Selections for the G'reenhouse, at 6, 9 and 12 guineas per dozen. 
Larger specimens, from 2, 3, 4 and 5 to 10 guineas each. 
Those marked 'with an asterisk arc kinds that svill succeed in a grecnho'use. 
ACANTHOPHCENIX (AR£CA) CKINITA lOs. 6c?., 155. and 1 guinea 
HERBSTII 10s Qii ^ 1 guinea 
ABECA ALBA 7 s. gci., 10s. Qd. and 15s. 
AUEEA, a fine and graceful Palm, with yellowish stems 10s. 6c?. and 15s. 
* 'BAUEEI (Seaforthia robusta) 5s., 7s. 6r?. and 10s. 6c?- 
— — — CRINITA, vide Acantbophoenix crinita. 
HERBSTII, vide Acanthophoenix Herbstii. 
LUTESCENS Zs, 6d„ 6s, aud 7s. 6(1. 
MADAGASCARIENSIS 5s. and 7^. 6d. 
NENGA i5g^ j guinea 
RUBRA : 3^ ^ 
— SAFIUA 55 ^ 
TRIANDRA 10s. 6d. mid 155. 
VERSCHAEEELTII, vide Hyophorbe Verschaffeltii. 
ARENGA SACCHARIFERA 10^. 6d. and 15s. 
ASTROCARYUM ARGENTETJM, a fine silver-leaved Palm, from the United States of Colombia. 
Tire .stalks and the under surface of the leaves are covered rvith a line vvliite scurf, which givo.s 
them a silvered appearance. Tire leaves are arching, wedge-shaped aud'bilobed, distinctly 
idicate, and of a bright given colour on the upper surface, which contrasts strongly with the 
whitened under surface. One of the best of the .so-called Silver Palms. 11 and 2 Guineas. 
DECORUM, vide page 3. 
^^^ARE, this very distinct and elegant Palm, which is compamtively of small and slender 
growth, is an introduction from the States ot Colombia. The leaves are erect and narrowly 
euneate, with two divergent lobes. The petioles are thickly covered with white scurf, both oa 
the upper and under surfaces 15 s. ,„ul i guinea. 
GRANATENSE, a distinct Palm from the United States of Colombia. It has brownish-looking' 
leaf-stalks, which latter are anned with numerous scattered needle-shaped dark-coloured spines. 
The leave-s themselves are jrinnately parted, with oblong acuminate segments, and the rachis- 
is spiny, like the petiole, both on the upper and lower surfaces ... 10 s. 6d. 
MALYBO li and 2 guineas 
TENUIFOLIUM 2 guineas 
BOWENIA SPECTABILIS 2 and 3 guineas 
— ^ SERRULATA. This is a most distinct and remaik.able plant, Bowenia being the oulv 
known Cycad having bipiirnate fronds. It has a short thick caudex, from the crowns of 
which are developed its large and singularly handsome leaves. The petioles are long, slender, 
roundish, and of a dark green colour ; the lamina is bipinnatisect and spreading, the pinnules 
are firm in texture, dilfering materially from the tyjial and only other known Bowenia in 
having their margins di.stinctly and prettily toothed or serrated. Any description must fail 
to give an adequate idea of the distinct and striking character of this ornamental Australian 
jilant. This was one of the twelve New Plants with which Mr. William Bull gained the First 
Prize at the International Horticultural Exhibition held at Carlisle in 1877, and the First 
I’rize at the International Horticultural Exhibition held at Ghent in 1878. For illustration, 
vide page 128 jqj. ^ jgj. 7 guinea 
