. 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. (p appearance, palms, differint,'fv'iii Cahiiiius in thi'dcciihious, cymbi- form or open sputlns. SiktUs 40. Tropical Asia. Same culture as Calamus. J>. Draco produces some of the "Dragon's Blood" of commerce. calioirpus, Mart. (Calamus calicdrpus, Griff.). Stem erect or climbing
. 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. (p appearance, palms, differint,'fv'iii Cahiiiius in thi'dcciihious, cymbi- form or open sputlns. SiktUs 40. Tropical Asia. Same culture as Calamus. J>. Draco produces some of the "Dragon's Blood" of commerce. calioirpus, Mart. (Calamus calicdrpus, Griff.). Stem erect or climbing, 1 in. diam.: Irs. 6-8 ft. long, upper small with long flagella ; Ifts. very many, 12-13 in. long, i4-% in. wide ; petiole 1 ft., base not gibbous or puck- ered. Malacca. Lewisiinus, Mart. {Cdlamus ZewisiAnus, Griff.). Stem climbing, 1 in. diam.; petiole 1 ft., base much swollen, armed below with scattered, short, deflexed spines, and above with straight and hooked spines 1% in. long ; Ifts. 13-15 in. long, %-l in. wide; sheath armed with solitary or seriate flat back spines. Penang. Palemb4nicU3, Bhnne. Stem erect : Ivs. pinnate, broadly , liriKlit cinnamon-brown when young, and Ifts. niaiiv, Inii^', narrow ; petioles erect, with stout spines ..ti' thr hack, wliich are deflexed and not thick- periacdnthus, ^li^. Height 15 ft. Resembles Z). Pa- lembaiiiriis. I,ut Ivs. are nearly straw-colored, and the s|> an- placed in irregular rings. Sumatra. âA most graceful species. melanochaetes, Blume. I,,.!' â¢:, ,;.i ,.i,|,. from the lri:ii!ii. !!â i'l â¢:. riu ~ I ):ii, ;,. I ,-. â h III iiermany Daiiha- ar, Mill , ,..i !, . ⢠, ., . , I ause in lHU;i Wiliili'iiew t;a> I ii. â : :!â I iM^e plants under the mistaken II : I ii i â n ilifterent plants had been pr. variabilis. For garden purposes, however, a second form of great importance, B. Juarezii. the parent of the cactus forms, must be kept distinct, as will be explained later. There
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