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seems to be better understood in that city than any other, we take the liberty of 
quoting a few of his statements : 
Palms. 
" These play an important part in the embellishment of apartments in Paris. 
Coryplia australis. This plant, although but little known, is destined in a 
short time to occupy a foremost place in the decoration of apartments, where 
it makes itself conspicuous by its peculiar beauty, and the number of its leaves ; 
it is, I believe, the most rustic in appearance of all the palms. 
Cocos coronata and flexuosa are very elegant, and produce a charming effect. 
Chamoerops Immilis and excelsa, are two very fine hardy palms; Latania 
borbonica is certainly the most recherche plant of the family, and is valued as 
much for the beautiful green of its leaves as for its elegant appearance. 
Phoenix dactylifera, leonensis 
and reclinata are also very 
much sought after and are 
highly esteemed. Areca alba, 
lutescens and rubra are distinct 
and handsome." 
Ferns. 
Besides what we have said 
of Ferns in a previous chapter, 
there is need of little to repeat 
here. 
Ferns cannot be dispensed 
with in elaborate decorations for 
the parlor or conservator}^. A 
Fig. 8.— Aiteiuaiitiiova. single plant of the common 
Lady Fern, '' Athyrium fiUxfcemina," is as useful in producing a graceful ef- 
fect as anything we know 
Mr. Chantin in his remai'ks of Parisian decorations, saj^s: 
" The family of Ferns, although classed among plants with delicate tissues, and 
having a great dislike to dry, hot atmosphere, nevertheless furnish numerous 
examples which, with careful management, add very much to the beauty of 
apartments. Thus, I have very frequently remarked, several species of Adian- 
tum, which, wherever they can be preserved in good health, produces, without 
doubt, a most ravishing effect. 
Pteris argyrea, P. cretica albo lineata, and P. serrulata varieyata also pro- 
duce a very fine effect, with their prettily marked foliage. 
Alsophila australis, and Balantium antarcticiim are also sometimes employed 
for decoration purposes in rooms of large dimensions, where their magnificent 
appearance never fails to produce a very imposing effect." 
