1876.] date palms, ETC., AS DECORATIONS. 219 
small-sized pot, there is nothing clumsy to be concealed, and as the whole of the 
Palms are truly reckoned the Princes of Plants, their appearance at table, if not 
Adiantum Seemanni (see p. 218). 
grand, must be at least respectable, and “ mortal eye could never guess that 
they were natives of the place.” Out flowers on the table require skilful hand¬ 
ling to avoid stiffness, and it is no easy matter to place foliage suitable to the 
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