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PALMS AND CYCADS. 
PALMS AND CYCADS. 
This is tho most noble family in tlie vegetable kingdom, and yet affords sufficient 
diversity of character to allow of selections being made from it for the greenhouse, 
stove, or conservatory, to either of which Palms impart a richer tropical appearance 
than any other plant. Some of the miniature dwarf-growing kinds aro, 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 4, 8, and 10 guineas par dozen. 
Selections for the Greenhouse at 4, 8, and 10 guineas per dozen. 
Large specimens from 1-J-, 2, 3, 4, to 8 guineas each. 
Those marked with an asterisk are hinds that mill succeed in a greenhouse. 
ACANTEOPHCENIX CRINITA 
ACANTHORHIZA WARSCEWICZII 
ACROCOMIA SCLEROCARPA 
ARECA ALBA 
,, AUREA, a very fine graceful Palm, 
with yellowish stems 
* ,, BAUERI — syn. Seaforthia ro- 
busta 
„ CONCINNA 
„ EURFTJRACEA 
,, HORRIDA — syn . Oncospermum 
fasciculatum 
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* 
* 
LTTTESCENS 
MADAGASCARIENSIS 
MONOSTACHYA 
NOBILIS 
OLERACEA 
RUBRA 
SAPIDA 
SPECIOSA — syn. Hyophorbe ama- 
ricaulis 
„ VERSCHAFFELTII — syn, Hyo- 
phorbe Verschaffeltii 
ARENGA OBTXTSIEOLIA 
„ SAC CH ARIFER A 
ASTROCARYUM MEXICANUM 
„ ROSTRATUM 
ATTALEA COMPTA 
„ EXCELSA 
„ GRANDIS 
„ LIMBATA, a very distinct- 
looking Palm, introduced from 
Central America, and raised 
from seed sent to England by 
Dr. Seemann. The leaves are 
of a rich deep green colour, 
simple, with very short stalks, 
which become dilated below, 
and famished with a brown 
soarious margin embracing the 
stem. They are from 18 inches 
to 2 foot long, and 4 inohes or 
more in breadth, lanceolate, 
plicate, and oroso-lacerate at 
the apex. The short stalk is 
covered behind with a brownish 
scurf, which is continued as a 
conspicuous edging along the 
margins of the leaf on the under 
surface, as well as along the 
back of the mid-ribs, and less 
conspicuously on some of tho 
stronger of the lateral ribs. The 
plants, owing to the short leaf 
stalks, have a peculiar stooky 
habit, and art; reudi lydis Ling ui siz- 
able by the brown band border- 
ing tho under surface of the 
blade of the leaf. 1 j guinea 
„ MIRABILIS 
„ SPECTABILIS 
BACTRIS CULSA 
„ MARAJA 
„ SPECIES NOVA 
BENTINCKIA CONDAPANNA 
BORASSUS MADAGASCARIENSIS 
*BRAHEA CALCAREA 
* ,, DULCIS — syn. Thrinax tunioata 
„ EGREGIA 
CALAMUS ADSPERSUS (asperrimus) 
„ „ ROBUSTUS 
„ ASPERRIMUS INTERME- 
DIUS 
„ DE ALB ATUS, a beautiful little 
stove Palm from Madagascar, 
with pinnate arching leaves, 
having narrow leaflets silvery 
beneath ; the stalks are brown- 
ish, clothed with long slender 
spines, which point backwards, 
lj and 2 guineas 
„ ELEGANS 
