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PALMS, CYCLANTHS AND CYCADS. 
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 
greenhouse, 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 in 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 Greenhouse, 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 are kinds that will succeed in a greenhouse. 
ACANTHOPHCENIX (ARECA) CRINITA 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
( ) HERBSTII 10s. 6 d., 15s. and 1 guinea 
AEECA ALBA, vide Dictyosperma alba. 
AUEEA, a fine and graceful Palm, with yellowish stems 10s. 6 d. and 15s. 
* BAUEEI (Seaforthia robusta) 5s., 7s. 6 d. and 10s. 6 d. 
CRINITA, vide Acanthophoenix cricita. 
HERBSTII, vide Acanthophcenix Herbstii. 
LUTESCENS 3s. 6 d., 5s. and 7s. 6(7 
MADAGASCARIENSIS 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
NENGA ..., 15s. and 1 guinea 
■ RUBRA 3s. 6 d., 5s. and 7s. 6 d. 
SAPID A 5s., 7s. 6(7 and 10s. 6(7 
TRIANDRA 10s. 6(7 and 15s. 
• VERSCHAFFELTII, vide Hyophorbe Verschaffeltii. 
ARENGA SACCHARIFERA 10s. 6(7 and 15s. 
ASTROCARYOM 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 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. 
• DECORUM, an elegant and very dwarf-growing Palm, sent from the United States of Colombia 
by one of my collectors. The leaves are pinnate, with lanceolate leaflets, which are criniferous 
on the ribs along the upper surface. It is a desirable and pretty decorative species, that will 
be useful where dwarf-growing Palms are required 1 guinea 
FILARE, this very distinct and elegant Palm, which is comparatively of small and slender 
growth, is an introduction from the United States of Colombia. The leaves are erect and 
narrowly cuneate, with two divergent lobes. The petioles are thickly covered with white scurf, 
both on the upper and under surfaces 15s. and 1 guinea 
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 are pinnately parted, with oblong acuminate segments, and the rachis 
is spiny, like the petiole, both on the upper and lower surfaces 10s. 6 d. 
TENUIFOLIUM 1J and 2 guineas 
BffWENIA SPECTABILIS SERRULATA. This is a most distinct and remarkable plant, 
Bowcnia being the only known Cycad having bipinnate fronds. It lias a short thick oaudex, 
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, differing materially from the typal and only 
other known Bowenia in having their margins distinctly and prettily toothed or serrated. 
Any description must fail to give an adequate idea of the distinct and striking character of 
'this ornamental Australian plant. 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 Prize at the International Horticultural Exhibition held at 
'Ghent in .1878. For Illustration, vide page 123 10s. 6(7, 15s. and 1 guinea 
