The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . orist and Potnolojrist. I70 Notes and Gleanings. Palms as Decorative Plants. — We copy from The Floral World the following article upon the best palms for decorative purposes. They arethus extensively grown in Europe, and serve a most admirable purpose. Were we to name all that are really good and distinct, we should not only takeup more space than we can reasonably hope to be spared, but we should confusethe readers, and make them think they would require a house as large as thePalm House at Kew, or a miniature Crystal Palace, to
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . orist and Potnolojrist. I70 Notes and Gleanings. Palms as Decorative Plants. — We copy from The Floral World the following article upon the best palms for decorative purposes. They arethus extensively grown in Europe, and serve a most admirable purpose. Were we to name all that are really good and distinct, we should not only takeup more space than we can reasonably hope to be spared, but we should confusethe readers, and make them think they would require a house as large as thePalm House at Kew, or a miniature Crystal Palace, to grow them in. We do notwant to frighten our readers ; but we do want to encourage them to take theseplants in hand boldly, and thus add a large amount of grace and beauty to theircollections, where much monotony at present prevails. It is not necessary thatthey should have large and lofty houses ; for, though many of the palms attainan immense height in their native countries, they are very slow growing whensubjected to a lower temperature in this AKECA RUBRA. To take the kinds which require a stove temperature, first, we will just ob-serve, that nearly all of those which we shall name will suffer no injury if placedin the conservatory from the end of June until September. It is not safe toplace them there earlier than June ; for, if they are subjected to a low tempera-ture before the new growth is completed, the fronds will be poor and stunted,and the beauty of the plants materially interfered with. Another considerationwhich ought not to be lost sight of in bringing them into the conservatory is toguard against exposing the plants to cold draughts, more particularly when theyare first brought there. We are well aware of the difficulty in forming a selectcollection, when there are so many good ones, so as not to leave out any of thebest kinds : but, as we must begin somewhere, we will make a start with thecabbage-palms ; and first on our list we will place Arcca au
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