148 
THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ July, 
receive a heavy dressing of rotten manure, well trenched in, working it well 
amongst the soil as the work proceeds. 
I append the names of a few we have proved to be well worth growing :— 
Imperial Blue, Cliveden Blue, Cliveden Purple, Cliveden Yellow, Magpie, Hector, 
Great Eastern, Henderson, Imperial Blue Perfection. We have just received a 
collection of new ones said to be improvements on some of the old varieties, and I 
may at some future time report on their merit.— Sherwood. [Please do.] 
PICTURES OF PALM TREES. 
Welfia regia. 
|NE of the prettiest of the Dwarf Palms with broadish foliage, which we 
meet with at exhibitions and in choice collections, is the Welfia regia , of 
which we here introduce a figure derived from the series published last 
year in the Gardeners Chronicle , in illustration of Dr. Seemann’s articles 
on cultivated Palms. The genus has recently been proposed by Wendland, and 
differs from Geonoma , to which it is allied, by the large number of its stamens 
(from 36 to 42), and its staminodia (18), as well as by its branched raphe. The 
name is given in honour of the last King of Hanover, and represents his family 
