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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
ASTROCARYUM ARQENTEUM, 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 are arching, wedge-shaped and bilobed, distinctly 
plicate, and of a bright green colour on the upper surface, which contrasts strongly with the 
whitened under surface. One of the best of the so-called Silver Palms. 1 J and 2 guineas. 
GRANATENSE, a distinct Palm from the United States of Colombia. It has brownish-looking 
leaf-stalks, which latter are armed with numerous scattered needle-shaped dark-coloured spines. 
The leaves themselves arc pinnately parted, with oblong acuminate segments, and the rachis 
is spiny, like the petiole, both on the upper and lower surfaces ... 10s. 6d. 
ATTALEA COHUNE 1 guinea 
BACTRIS ARISTATA 10s. Gd. 
MAJOR 10s. 6(1. 
BENTINCKIA CODDAPANNA 10s. 6(1. 
BOWENIA SPECTABILIS SERRULATA, vide page 151. 
*BRAHEA FILAMENTOSA (Pritchardia flifera), 
small plants. Is. Gd., 2s. Gd. and 3s. 6d. ; fine plants, 1 and IJ guinea 
CALAMUS ADSPERSUS 10s. Gd. and 15s. 
CILIARIS 1, IJ and 2 guineas. 
ROXBURGHII 10s. 6d. and 15s. 
SUBANGULATUS, vide page 13 
CALYPTROGYNE TERES, vide page 13. 
CALYPTRONOMA SWARTZII 1 guinea 
CARLUDOVICA DRUDEI, a noble and decoratiee stove plant, introduced from the United States 
of Colombia In habit it somewhat resembles a Pan Palm, with handsome and effective deep 
green lustrous leaves. The flowers are borne on a stalked erect spadix of cylindrical form and 
of ivory-white colour, and resemble a bottle brush by reason of the long stamens which project 
horizontally from the female flowers. This plant was illustrated and deseidbed in the Oardater.i’ 
Chronicle for December 8th, 1877 15s. 
— — PALMATA 15s. and 1 guinea 
WALLISII, a handsome Palm-like stove plant belonging to the order of Cyclanths. It has 
erect semi-toreto petioles, which support the sirreading ovate blade of the leaf, which is two- 
lobcd and plicate. Each division of the leaf is about a foot long and .six or eight inches broad. 
It is an elegant plant, and produces roundish oblong heads of white flowers, which are 
remarkably sweet-scented. IthasbeenintroducedfromtheUnitedStatesofColombia. 15s. 
CARYOTA SOBOLIFERA 10s. Gd. and 15.s. 
URENS 7s. Gd, and 10s. Gd. 
CATAKIDOZAMIA HOPEI 5 guineas 
MACLEAYI 
CATOBLASTUS MONTANUS 15s. 
CERATOZAMIA FUSCO-VIRIDIS, a noble species of Ceratozaraia, introduced from Mexico. Its 
trunk is furnished with broadish scales surrounding each of the leaf stalks, which are nearly 
terete above and asperous along the edges. The leaves are from three to four feet long, broadly 
pinnate, and of a fine arching habit, the pinnas deep green, six to seven inches long, sessile, 
lanceolate, and tapering to a longish point. The young leaves are of a rich bronzy-chocolate 
colour, gradually changing to olive-green, and ultimately developing into deep green. 
4 and 5 guineas 
CEROXYLON NIVEUM (Dlplothemlum caudescens) 1 and 14 guinea 
CHAM.®DOREA FORMOSA 10s. 6(7." 
GRAMINIFOLIA 10s. 6(7. and 15s. 
■•CHAMJEIEOPS FORTUNEI (exoelsa), in all sizes, from 3s. Gd,, 5s., 7s. 6(7., lO.s. Gd. and 15s. 
to 2, 3, 4 and 5 guineas each. 
* HUMILIS, this useful decorative Palm can be supplied in all sizes, from 5s., 7s. 6(7., 10s. 6(7., 
15s. and 1 guinea to 2, 3 and 4 guineas each. 
* GRACILIS 15s. and 1 guinea. 
* ROBUSTA 15s. and 1 guinea. 
* TOMENTOSA 15s. and 1 guinea. 
*COCOS CHILENSIS, vide Jubsea spectabilis. 
WEDDELLIANA, perhaps the most elegant of all the smaller Palms, of which so many 
channing species are now to be found in cultivation. Its slender erect stem is not of rapid 
growth, but is freely furnished with its gracefully arching leaves, made up of innumerable 
long narrow pinnre or segments, of a rich green colour. For illustration, vide page 152. 
2s. 6(7., 3s. 6(7. and 5s. 
