. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AXD BA:MB00S. V. splendida {Regelia magnifica, R. majestica^ and R. priftceps) deserves to be 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 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 Soft. Wallichia.^—A genus r
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON PALMS, CYCADS, AXD BA:MB00S. V. splendida {Regelia magnifica, R. majestica^ and R. priftceps) deserves to be 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 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 Soft. Wallichia.^—A 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 the summer months. Propagated by suckers provided roots, or by seeds. IV. 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.—Verschaffeltia splendida. during with. 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, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S.
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