204. QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Manr., 1898, 
dialects. It is “a parti-coloured medley of patched and piebald languages,” 
But it is quite necessary. Without it the whole business of botany and horti- 
culture would come to a standstill in double-quick time. It would be a new 
edition of the Tower of Babel. Fancy having to deseribe your vorrespondent 
on your letter as “a middle-sized man, with red hair, a wooden leg, and 
freckles,” instead of “John Smith, No. 2003, Palm street, Brisbane.’ hig 
would happen in the world of plants if they ali received common names and 
no other. Besides, to describe the common plants, say of Queensland alone 
would require the invention of more common names than the ordinary man 
has ever used in the course of his life, or ever could use without a severe 
training. This is a sort of apology for giving in scientific language the 
following list of Palms for cultivation here. It comprises some of the hardiest 
and most useful of this immense order :— 
LIST OF PALMS FOR CULTIVATION IN QUEENSLAND, ESPECIALLY BY 
AMATEURS. 
Acanthophenix rubra, 
Acrocomia mexicana. 
Arenga saccharifera, 
Bactris gaseps. 
Bacularia africana, 
n monostachya. 
Borassus Ethopica. 
77 Habelliformis. 
Brahea duleis 
» edulis. 
Calamus moutanus. 
Calyptronoma Swartzit. 
Caryota urens. 
Ceroxylon andicola. 
iF australe. 
afi Klapstockia, 
Chamedora clatior. 
Chamcrops excelsa. 
tr humilis. 
0 Kasyana. 
7 Martiana. 
ry Ritchieana. 
Cocos australis. 
> flecuosa. 
3, plumosa. 
so TEIN. 
5, Romanzofiiana 
>» Yatay. 
Copernica cerifera. 
Diplothemium campestre. 
Dypsis pinnatifrons. 
Eleeis guineensis. 
Euterpe andicola. 
Geonoma vaga. 
Huphene Argun. i 
rf} coriacea, 
i, crinata. 
55 ventricosa. 
Jubea spectabilis. 
3 orally. 
Kentia Baurei. 
Se DOCCO Tt 
1,  Belmoriana, 
3 Canterburyana 
Kentia (Areca) sapida. 
Livistona australis. 
iD Chinensis. 
Leichhardtii. 
ts Maric. 
Mauritia flexuosa. 
Oncosperma fasciculatum. 
2? 
Oreodoxa frigida. 
+) oleracea, 
Fr} regia. 
Phanix canariensis, 
5,  dactylifera. 
s,  Hanceana. 
3,  paludosa. 
> pusilla. 
»  reclinata. 
silvestris. 
y» -Spinosa. 
Plectocomia Himalaiana. 
x} macrostachya. 
Prestoa papularia. 
Pritchardia Thurstoni. 
Ptychosperma Alexandre. 
4) africana. 
SF) Cunninghamii. 
ty, disticha. 
W elegans, 
Jj laccospadix. 
Pe Muschenbrockiana, 
Rhapidophyllum hystrix, 
Rhapis flabelliformis. 
Sabal Adansoni. 
>» Lalmetto. 
3 serrulata. 
» umbraculifera. 
3, Blackburniana. 
Thrinax parvitlora. 
Trithrinax acanthocoma 
) Brasiliensis. 
7 campestris, 
Wallichia caryototdes. 
FY densiflora, 
Wettenia magnensis, 
Zalacea secunda. 
