. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. difficulties. They only require a strong compost of two parts strong loam and one part leaf-mould and sand; water must be applied generously during the growing period. They are some- times increased by means of division of suckers, or by seeds. T. excelsus {T. Fortunei and ChamcErops excelsa) is a handsome Palm for sub-tropical gardening, and may be utilised for various decorative purposes, such as halls or window^s during the winter, where no other Palms could exist. The stem often rea
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. difficulties. They only require a strong compost of two parts strong loam and one part leaf-mould and sand; water must be applied generously during the growing period. They are some- times increased by means of division of suckers, or by seeds. T. excelsus {T. Fortunei and ChamcErops excelsa) is a handsome Palm for sub-tropical gardening, and may be utilised for various decorative purposes, such as halls or window^s during the winter, where no other Palms could exist. The stem often reaches 2oft. in height, and is somew^hat stout at the base; the petioles are partly enclosed at their base in a fibrous matter, and support fan- shaped leaves, deeply divided into deep green segments (Fig. 569). T. Martiana (Z! khasyanus and Chamcerops Martianus) is another valuable greenhouse species, also useful in sub-tropical gardening; it has a slender stem, and petioles 2oin. to 3oin. long, provided with small spines, and covered with a kind of fugacious tomentum; the leaves are palmate, with bifid â segments. This variety often reaches 24rt. to 26ft. high. Trithrinax.âThis genus is also only represented by two or three stove species, producing fan-like leaves deeply divided into long segments, and petioles very well armed with spines, and partly enclosed in rough fibres. Trithrinax are rather low-growing Palms, and are very valuable amongst ornamental-leaved plants. They require about the same treatment as Thrinax, and are propagated by seeds. T. acanthocoma is a very prickly species, producing a rather small stem covered with a persistent netted sheath, and protected by numerous stout and reflexed spines; the leaves are large and flabelliform, being deeply divided into numerous linear and bifid segments. T. brasiliensis is an elegant dwarf-growing Palm, with a slender stem 6ft. to loft. hiigh ; the petioles, 2ft. to 5ft. long, are quite smooth, terminated -by a circle o
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