PALMS, CYCLANTHS 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 
suflBcient diversity of aspect to allow of selections being made from them for the 
greenhouse, stove, or conservatory, to either of which Palms impart a richer tropical 
character 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, 
and 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 in Battersea Park, and in other 
place where Palms have been thus used. 
Selections of Stove Palms, 6, 9 and 12 guineas 2 ^er dozen. 
Selections for the Greenhouse, at G, 9 and 12 guineas per dozen. 
Larger specimens, from 2, 3, 4 and 5 /o 10 guineas each. 
Those marked with an asterisk are kinds that will succeed in a greenhouse, 
ACANTHOPHCENIX(ABECA) CBINITA 10s. 6d., 15s. & 1 guinea. 
ACANTBOBBPLIZA ACTTLEATA (Cliameerops stauracantlia) 15s. and 1 guinea 
ARECA ALIC.ffi, tliis name has been giren by Dr. Mueller to a North-east Australian Palm, found 
in Trinity Bay by Mr. Walter Hill, and commemorates the late Grand Duchesse of Hesse — 
Princess Alice. The leaves are pinnatisect, the. pinnre-like segments sessile. Its comparatively 
dwarf habit will render this pinnate Palm, a valuable one for decorative purposes. 1 guinea. 
AUREA, a fine and graceful Palm, with yellowish stems 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
* — — BAXJERI (Seaforthia robusta) 5s., 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
CRINITA, vide Acanthophoenix crinita. 
DICKSONI (Bentinckia condapanna) 7s. 6d., 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
LUTESCENS, in all sizes Is. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s. 6rf. and 5s. to 21.". 
MADAGASCARIENSIS ‘2s. 6d., 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
mONOSTACHYA 2 s. 6d , 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
RUBRA 3 s. Bd., 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
SAPIDA 5s., 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
TRIANDRA 10s. Cd. and 15s. 
VERSCHAPEELTII, vide Hyopliorbe VerscUaffeltii. 
ARENOA SACCRARIEERA 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
* WIGHTII 1 guinea. 
ASTROCARYUM ARGENTEUM a fine silver-leaved Palm, from the United States of Colombia- 
The stalks and the under surface of the leaves are covered with a fine white scurf, which gives 
them a silvered appearance. The leaves arc arching, wedge-shaped and bilobed, distinctly 
plicate, and of a bright green colour on the upper surface, which contrasts strongly with the 
wdiitened under surface. One of the best of tho so-called Silver Palms. 1, 1^ and 2 guineas. 
QRANATENSE 10s. 6d. 
BENTINCKIA CONDAPANNA, vide ARECA DICKSONI, 
BISMARCKIA NOBIDIS 3 and 4 guineas. 
BOWENIA SPECTABILIS SERRULATA, a distinct and remarkable Australian plant, Bowenia 
being tho only known Cy’cad with bipinnate fronds. It has a short thick caudex, from tho 
crowns of which are developed its large and handsome leaves, wdiich differ materially from the 
typal and only other known Bowenia in having the margins distinctly toothed or serrated. 
This w'as one of the twelve Now Plants with which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize at the 
International Horticultural Exhibition at Carlisle, and the First Prize at the International 
Horticultural Exhibition at Ghent 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
CALAMUS ADSPERSUS 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
CILIARIS 1, li and 2 guineas. 
MICRANTHUS 7s. Bd. and 10s. 6d. 
SIKKIMENSIS, vide page 11. 
TRINERVIS, a thoroughly distinct-looking stovo Palm from the East Indies. Its leaf-stalks 
are thorny aud clothed witli brown scale-like tomentum, the petiolar sheath being continued 
up the stem, and ending in a frinije of pointed brown scales. The leaves are pinnate, with 
alternate leaflets, which are sessile, lanceolate, with an acuminate apex, and having three- 
■ inominent nerves, hairy on the upper surface 6 guineas. 
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