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Garden Plants— Their Geography- CV. 
Palmales, Continued. 
Phoenix, the “date palm” tribe, has io or 12 spe- 
cies, some of which are too much alike. 
PHOENIX SYLVESTRIS; HINDU DRAWING TODDY. 
The common date is quite hardy in Southern Cali- 
fornia and Arizona, rapidly becomes a good specimen, 
and like most plants long in cultivation is exceedingly 
variable, not only in the quality of the fruits, but in 
the size of the palms ; some are mere bushes while 
others attain to 50-60 or more feet high. These P. 
dactylifera varieties have been introduced from N. 
Africa from time to time. P. Canariensis, P. sylves- 
tris, one of the sugar palms from India, and P. reclina- 
ta from S. E. Africa are also in southern gardens, 
but will not stand severe freezing. P. acaulis, P. 
humilis and P. pumila are quite dwarf palms, mostly 
from the mountains of India. 
Sabal has 7 species in tropical America and the 
southern United States, where they are known as 
“palmettos.” S. palmetto is found cn the low coast 
lands from the Rio Grande around to South Carolina, 
“the Palmetto State.” It grows to 20 or 30 feet 
high and is often transplanted to gardens. S. Adan- 
soni is a dwarfer palm found in similar ground, but 
does not extend so far north. It varies more, too, in 
the hue of its foliage, often becoming quite glaucous. 
Nannarhops Ritcheana is a monotypic palm with a 
considerable range through N. W. India and Afghan- 
istan to Persia. It has erect slender panicles of bloom 
and would probably succeed where dates can be grown. 
Rhapidophyllum hystrix is the “spiny palmetto” 
found in shady, moist woods from Florida to South 
Carolina. It is a low suckering palm of no great 
beauty other than its color.' It is easily moved to 
gardens, however, where the conditions are suited to 
its growth. 
Acanthorhiza in 2 or 3 species are prickly stemmed 
palms from the mountain regions of Central and South 
America. Thev rarely seem happy under glass at the 
east, but might possibly do better in Pacific coast gar- 
dens. A. aculeata extends farthest north. 
Serenoa serrulata is the “saw palmetto,” a low palm 
which Floridians are mostly anxious to get rid of. 
On the west coast it sometimes assumes an arborescent 
habit, in which shape it is more tolerable in a gar- 
den. 
Erythca in 2 species are South Californian. E. ar- 
mata is the better one, growing under favorable con- 
ditions to 30 or 40 feet high, and altogether finer 
than the form found on Guadalupe Island, but both 
should be grown in collections. They are more or less 
filiferous and often do poorly on the Atlantic side. 
Livistonia has 14 species in China, Japan, the Ma- 
layan Islands, New Guinea and Australia. L. chinen- 
sis, often called “latania” by florists, is a good example 
of the varying effect of the sun upon palms and other 
plants, for in some climates it will refuse to grow un- 
less shaded by other growths. L. australis and L. 
SABAL PALMETTO; S. FLORIDA, ETC. 
humilis are also in Californian gardens. 
Tames MacPherson. 
