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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Cocos Blumenavia Hort. This very 
fine and elegant palm comes from 
Blumenau, Southern Brazil. The stem 
of my largest specimen, about fifteen 
years of age, is about six feet high, 
surrounded by a dense crown of arch¬ 
ing* glaucous fronds, about seven to 
eight feet long. At first sight it seems 
to resemble Cocos australis, but it has 
a much denser leaf-crown. The small 
cherry-like fruits are produced in dense 
clusters almost all the year round, as 
in C. Gaertneri. 
Cocos Bonneti, Hort. From the Ri¬ 
viera. There is a great confusion 
among most all the species of these 
garden palms and quite a number, dis¬ 
tributed at present from the Riviera 
and Southern Italy, may have originat¬ 
ed through accidental cross pollina¬ 
tion. This variety is very likely such a 
chance hybrid. It reminds very much 
of the former, but the leaf-crown is 
more open and altogether less beauti¬ 
ful. The lower leaves die off much 
quicker than is the case in other spe¬ 
cies. It ripens large bunches of strong¬ 
ly aromatic fruits the size of a hazel¬ 
nut. 
Cocos argentea, Hort. This is one of 
the most striking and beautiful of all my 
palms, the leaves being very long, quite 
erect and the lower ones gracefully re¬ 
curved and of a very striking, silvery 
whiteness. The fronds are about 12 feet 
long and the trunk is at present 5 feet 
high. It has not yet flowered and I have 
seen this most impressive palm nowhere 
else. The seeds were received from 
Hoage & Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany, in 
the fall of 1891, who had imported them 
from Southern Brazil. 
Cocos Nehelingii, Hort. This name 
was given to this most singular palm 
provisionally by Mr. George Abbott, the 
palm specialist of Orlando and Philadel¬ 
phia. He was so struck with the inde- 
scrible beauty and elegance of this Cocos 
that he insisted upon naming it after the 
author in order to distinguish it from 
other kinds. It is the fastest grower of 
all the species of this group, my largest 
specimen being about 16 feet high and a 
little more in diameter. It was raised 
from seed ten years ago. They came 
from Blumenau, Brazil. The trunk is 
about 15 inches in diameter, densely cov¬ 
ered with fibrous masses of brown bast. 
The lower leaves are about 15 feet long, 
gracefully arched and touching the 
ground while the central ones are more 
erect. The color is a deep glossy green 
with a slightly glaucous hue, and the un¬ 
derside is more silvery. The flowers ap¬ 
pear early in the season, often in Jan¬ 
uary. The spathe is very slender, thin, 
sharply pointed and about 3 to 4 feet 
long. The flowers are very different 
from all others, the scape being much 
branched, of a deep purplish color and the 
flowers are very conspicuous violet or 
lavendar and very ornamental. Only 
about fifty fruits are usually scattered 
over the large scape. They are as large 
as a hazel nut and of a very striking red 
color with a small green apex. When 
ripe they are glossy red with a small 
greenish-yellow point. They are quite 
dry and of little aroma. This exquisite 
palm grows vigorously on high, dry pine 
land. As it ripens about ten spikes of 
fruit annually, I hope to be able to dis¬ 
tribute it over the entire State. The two 
