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ily. Though said to be identical with 
Ph. reclinata, my specimen is very dis¬ 
tinct. It is the fastest grower of all 
Date Palms, very massive,* with a 
dense crown of long, glossy, green 
leaves. The leaflets along the midrib 
are arranged in two’s and sometimes 
three’s and stand close together. The 
flower-spathes appear in March in a 
circle all around the upper part of the 
stem. I counted twelve of them at one 
time. They are about two feet long 
and are of a beautiful orange-yellow 
color. The spike is much branched 
and of the same color. The fruit is 
deep purplish-brown, as large as the 
common date and very sweet. None of 
my Date Palms have grown so rapidly. 
The trunk of the specimen, which is 
about twelve years old, is about seven 
or eight feet tall and there are cpiite a 
number of small suckers all around the 
base. It is easily hurt by a strong 
freeze but soon recuperates. 
Phoenix padulosa Roxh., from In¬ 
dia, is a fine tufted palm with long, 
gracefully arched, spreading leaves 
eight to ten feet long; trunk 12 to 15 
feet high. The leaves are whitish be¬ 
neath. Rare. 
Phoenix rupicola , Anderson. The 
Sikkim Date Palm from the Himalav- 
j 
as, from whence so many beautiful 
magnolias (M. Campbelli, Talauma 
Hodgsonii), tree rhododendrons and 
elegant bamboos come. It is an ex¬ 
ceedingly graceful and elegant palm, 
having a slender stem 12 to 20 feet 
high. The numerous, glossy, green 
leaves are all on one plane. It is very 
tender and must be protected a little 
in very cold weather, especially in its 
younger state. I have only seen young 
specimens in our gardens, but all are 
perfect pictures of health and beauty. 
Phoenix pnsilla, Gaertn. (Ph. Zey- 
lanica, Hort., Ph. cycadifolia, Hort.). 
This is also a tender and beautiful spe¬ 
cies from Ceylon, reminding, in the ar¬ 
rangement of its flat leaflets, of cer¬ 
tain species of Cycas. Though a very 
slow-growing palm in my garden, it 
attains a height of 10 to 15 feet in its 
native home. The foliage is deep, 
glossy green, with a yellowish midrib. 
Phoenix . farinifera, Roxh. From 
Ceylon and India. A shrubby palm 
with very rigid leaves and strong 
spines. The leaves are covered with 
a whitish powder. As in most species 
of the small and tufted Date Palms, the 
leaf-stems of this species at their bases 
are provided with long, stout spines, 
which make it impossible to walk 
through clumps of it, and it is always 
necessary to be careful when working 
among them. It would make a fine 
hedge-plant, as neither man nor beast 
can penetrate thickets of it. It never 
grows tall. 
Phoenix humilis, Royle, from India 
and its variety, Ph. humilis Hanceana, 
Beccari, from Southern China, are ex¬ 
tremely handsome and elegant tender 
palms, never growing very tall. 
Phoenix Roehheleni, O’Brien, from 
Assam and Cochin China, is also closely 
allied to the former. It is such an ele¬ 
gant small palm that it has become a 
rival of Cocos Weddelliana in pot cul¬ 
ture. 
Phoenix Loureiroii, from Hong Kong 
Ph. peduncalata, from Khasya, and Ph. 
Onselyana, from Central India, have 
