. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 566 EUTEEPE EVAPORATING olerAcea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, flexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-G ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent, linear- lanceolate, the upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, many-nerved. Braz.—Fig. 801 i
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 566 EUTEEPE EVAPORATING olerAcea, Mast. Cabbage Palm. Fig. 801. Stem 60-100 ft., scarcely 1 ft. in diam. at base, attenuate above, flexuous: Ivs. arcuate-spreading, 4-G ft. long, the apex more or less deflexed; segments pendent, linear- lanceolate, the upper 2 ft. long, 1 in. wide, many-nerved. Braz.—Fig. 801 is adapted from Martius' Nat. Hist, of Palms,. 801. Euterpe oleracea. monttaa, R. Grab. Stem 10 ft. high, swollen at the base, ringed: Ivs. 9 ft. long, elliptical-obovate| segments lanceolate, entire, glabrous, alternate; petiole 2 ft. long, scaly beneath, unarmed : rachis plano-convex below, subtriangular towards the apex. Grenada. 3874. Jabed G. Smith. Euterpes constitute a small group of spineless palms, said to include 8 or 10 species in all, but of these there are but 3 species commonly found In cultivation, namely: E. edulis, JS. montana and JS. oleracea. These are found under varying conditions in Central and South America and the West Indies, and all three species are valuable as food-producers to the natives of those coun- tries. E. edulis grows in great quantities in the low- lands of Brazil, where it is known as the Assai Palm, owing to the fact that its seeds are macerated in water, and by this means is produced a beverage known as Assai. E. oleracea is the well-known Cabbage Palm of the West Indies, growing in the lowlands near tlie coast, while E. montana is the Mountain Cabbage Palm, and is frequently found at considerable altitudes in the same islands, and consequently does not attain the great dimensions of E, oleracea. The Euterpes do not present any special cultural dif- ficulties, being free-rooting and rapid-growing palms, a night temperature of C5&qu
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