. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 853 V. splendida {Regelia magnified, R. majestica, and R. princeps) deserves more largely grown on account of its decorative properties (Fig. 571). It possesses a slender stem, supported on an inverted, cone of roots. The petioles, which are sheathing, are, like, the stem, clothed with sharp black spines. The leaves, which vary from â 4ft. to 7 ft. long, are cuneate - ob- ovate, and of a bright green. This, plant often attains in its native country a height of 80ft. âA
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 853 V. splendida {Regelia magnified, R. majestica, and R. princeps) deserves more largely grown on account of its decorative properties (Fig. 571). It possesses a slender stem, supported on an inverted, cone of roots. The petioles, which are sheathing, are, like, the stem, clothed with sharp black spines. The leaves, which vary from â 4ft. to 7 ft. long, are cuneate - ob- ovate, and of a bright green. This, plant often attains in its native country a height of 80ft. âA ^genus represented in cultivation by only three typical species, which are all stove plants possessing a cer- tain amount of similarity to Caryota, but they do not reach such enormous heights. All are extremely decorative and very easily grown. Wallichias require a strong soil, as well as an abun- dant supply of water through the growing period. They may be utilised for greenhouse decoration during the summer months. Propagated by suckers -provided with roots, or by seeds. W. caryotoides (Fig. 572) is a very ornamental species, flowering pretty freely, and producing a few alternate and petiolate leaves 3ft. to 8ft. long, with sessile leaflets often i8in. long, the lower ones mostly opposite, and the upper ones alternate; all are more or less wedge- shaped, green on the upper surface and whitish beneath. W. densiflora is another decorative, stemless species, rarely exceeding 12ft. in height; its pinnate leaves have numerous pinnae, the lower one being binately fascicled and whitish "beneath, the rest solitary or toothed; it is a very attractive Fig. 571.âVerschaffeltia 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; N
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