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distinguishable from the former., In older 
specimens the leaflets along the midrib 
stand more closely together and the entire 
aspect, though not easy to describe, is 
somewhat different. It is also a much 
hardier plant, a slower grower and not so 
tall. I have a specimen 8 or 9 years old 
that has been outgrown by 3 year old 
plants of Cocos plumosa. 
Cocos Romans of liana, Chamisso., an 
exquisite palm closely related to the two 
former. It is hardier than both, more 
massive and very ornamental. The 
trunks attain a height of 30 to 40 feet 
and the leaves are 15 to 20 feet long. It 
is a common palm in Southern Brazil 
near the sea and is largely planted in the 
parks and streets of Buenos Ayres and 
other places of Argentine, where magni¬ 
ficent avenues of it form the delight of 
travellers. Unfortunately, it has not yet 
gained a foothold in our gardens, young 
specimens only being known and these 
look very much like those of the two pre¬ 
ceding species. There is no doubt that 
it will be hardy in Central and South 
Florida. My young specimens have not 
suffered from frost during the past few 
winters. Seed can easily be imported 
from Buenos Ayres. 
Cocos coronata, Mart., another Brazil¬ 
ian species which has been disseminated 
by Reasoner Bros, of late years, looking 
very much like C. plumosa in its young 
state. 
We now come to the most important 
members of the genus,—important be¬ 
cause they all revel in rich and rather dry 
soil, are perfectly hardy as far north as 
Jacksonville, bear immense quantities of 
plum-like, intensely fragrant, juicy fruit 
and are comparatively rapid growers. 
Their leaves are mostly bluish-green, 
hard to the touch and recurved in out¬ 
line. All my specimens, with a few ex¬ 
ceptions, were raised from seed which I 
mostly obtained from Southern Brazil, 
Blumenan, Porto Alegre and other Ger¬ 
man settlements. Some came from the 
Riviera, where these elegant palms form 
a most charming feature in the sub-trop¬ 
ical gardens. None of these species are 
adapted to moist flat-woods soil, but they 
are easily grown in high hammock and 
pine lands. When planting young spe¬ 
cimens, set them in depressions at least 
half a foot deep. If set too high they will 
not have a tight stand and are easily 
blown over when large. The seeds of 
all species of the genus have the charac¬ 
teristics of the true cocoanut—in fact they 
are cocoanuts in miniature. This class, 
known as the Cocos australis group, has 
the leaf stems nearest the trunk provided 
with blunt spines. 
Cocos australis, Mart., the Pindo Palm 
is a native of Paraguay, Southern Bra¬ 
zil and Argentine, where it occurs in a 
wild state on rather high river banks, 
and in mostly immense groves to the 
exclusion of almost every other taller 
plant. The glossy, bluish-green, pin¬ 
nate leaves are recurved and very ele¬ 
gant. It is one of the fairest palms 
known, and of a charm entirely its 
own. The flower-spathe is long, point¬ 
ed on both ends, club-like in the center 
and contains a spike of yellowish-red 
flowers. The fruit is not produced in 
such quantities as in some other spe¬ 
cies, usually only a hundred reddish- 
yellow, fragrant, cherry-like fruits on 
a spike, but often much less. Dr. T. 
Morong says, that the fronds are 
