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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[October, 
and is the Areca crinita of authors. It ranks amongst the more elegant of the 
species of this noble family, and is of a stature which does not preclude its culti¬ 
vation in any but the loftiest plant-stoves. On the contrary, while extremely 
graceful and effective in a young and dwarf state, it retains much the same character 
as it acquires age and height.—T. M. 
PLANTS FOR THE DINNER-TABLE. 
HAVE noticed several articles in the Florist about dinner-table plants 
but I have seen no mention of the Caladium Argyrites as one. Why it is 
overlooked I cannot tell, for as a dinner-table plant I think it is one of 
the prettiest and most beautiful we have. Its only drawback is, that we 
cannot have it all the year round. 
