. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 845 at the apex and induplicate, and with concave petioles. Pritchardias require light soil, composed chiefly of peat and sand, with a small portion of loam; and a good supply of water is necessary through the growing period. Increased by seeds, which require a strong heat to germinate. P. macrocarpa is a species producing large leaves, divided into numerous linear-lanceolate segments; it is allied to P. Martii, and is a highly ornamental robust Palm, well worth growing. P. Martii forms
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 845 at the apex and induplicate, and with concave petioles. Pritchardias require light soil, composed chiefly of peat and sand, with a small portion of loam; and a good supply of water is necessary through the growing period. Increased by seeds, which require a strong heat to germinate. P. macrocarpa is a species producing large leaves, divided into numerous linear-lanceolate segments; it is allied to P. Martii, and is a highly ornamental robust Palm, well worth growing. P. Martii forms a handsome stove Palm, but to be the most delicate of the genus as far as culture is concerned; it produces flabelliform and plaited leaves of a deep. Fig. 565.—Pritchardia Vuylstekiana. green; the petioles are quite smooth and unarmed, and are partly enclosed at the base in brown fibres ; the seeds are extremely small compared with P. pacifica, to which it has a great similarity. P. pacifica, an unarmed species, is rather robust and easily grown compared with the others; it is also the most decorative plant for the stove ; the petioles are quite distinct, and are covered with a white scaly tomentum, partly enclosed at the base in brown fibres, and bearing large, fiabellate, bright green leaves. P. Vuylstekiana is another decorative species of rather. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928; Abbott, J. M. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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