. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 847 Rhapis.—A genus represented in cultivation by three or four typical slender-growing plants, which form a very ornamental greenhouse group, with fan-shaped leaves, deeply cut into numerous segments. Rhapis are very robust, and grow nearly everywhere. They produce a great quantity of suckers, which may be successfully utilised for reproduction; these only require to be detached with care, just retaining a few roots. In the case of young suckers, a light soil must be used, but for esta
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Horticulture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AND BAMBOOS. 847 Rhapis.—A genus represented in cultivation by three or four typical slender-growing plants, which form a very ornamental greenhouse group, with fan-shaped leaves, deeply cut into numerous segments. Rhapis are very robust, and grow nearly everywhere. They produce a great quantity of suckers, which may be successfully utilised for reproduction; these only require to be detached with care, just retaining a few roots. In the case of young suckers, a light soil must be used, but for established plants a strong compost, as recommended for Chamcerops, must be employed. R. flabelliformis (R. aspera) is certainly the best species of the genus, and may be employed for decorative purposes at any time. In its early state it forms an attractive and robust table- decoration plant, on account of its persistent and petioled leaves, divided into five or seven segments. The stem rarely exceeds, in cultivation, i|in. in diameter. It is a good plant for sub- tropical gardening (Fig. 566). There is also a variegated form. R. humilis (R. Sirotsik) is closely allied to 7?. flabelliformis, but produces larger leaves, with more pendent seg- ments, which increase its beauty. It may be used with great success for table decoration, &c. Rhopalostylis. — A .handsome but small genus, very well known by growers, and for many years classi- fied under Areca. The two elegant species in cultivation belong to the unarmed greenhouse Palms; they produce terminal leaves, with numerous narrow segments, and very short petioles. They require exactly the same treatment as Arecas. R. Baueri (Areca Baueri and Seajorthia robustd) is very well known and largely cultivated; it has elegant pinnate leaves, from 6ft. to 12ft. long, the pinnae varying from i8in. to 2ft. ; it often reaches a height of 20ft. in our houses, but when young forms one of the finest plants for table decoration (Fig. 567)..
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