. 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. CALAMOVILFA CALANTHE 211 apparently limited to the sandy swamps and pine bar- rens of New Jersey. Now in cultivation as an orna- mental grass. p. B. Kennedy. CALAMF£)LIS is Bccremocarpus. CALAMUS (Greek tor reed). Palmlicece, tribe iepi- docdrpm. Slender, cespitose or climbing palms, witii pinnatisect Ivs.; If
. 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. CALAMOVILFA CALANTHE 211 apparently limited to the sandy swamps and pine bar- rens of New Jersey. Now in cultivation as an orna- mental grass. p. B. Kennedy. CALAMF£)LIS is Bccremocarpus. CALAMUS (Greek tor reed). Palmlicece, tribe iepi- docdrpm. Slender, cespitose or climbing palms, witii pinnatisect Ivs.; Ifts. with reduplicate sides, acuminate, entire,with parallel nerves : fr. of many carpels, clothed with reilexed, shining, closely imbricated appressed scales : spathes tubular, persistent, flowering annually. Species about 150. Tropical Asia. cili&ris, Blume. Stem slender, climbing by means of long, axillary, leafless branches, covered with hooked spines: Ivs. 1 ft. long, 6 in. wide; Ifts. numerous, hairy; petiole 2 in. long, "with few hooked spines. Malaya. F. R. 1: 607. G. C. III. 21: into cultiva- tion in 1869. C. Andrednum, Hort., P. & âC calicdrpus, Dfemonorops calicarpus, Mart.âC Jjewisidnus ,Gvii£.=Dieiiioii- orops Lewisianus, Mart. Jared G. Smith. Calamus is an easily grown group of palms, very ornamental, even in a young state. Some of the spe- cies have stems several hundred feet long, which enable them to unfold their leaves at the tops of the tallest trees. The leaves are peculiarly well adapted to assist the plant in climbing, having numerous hook-like pro- cesses arranged on a long continuation of the midrib of the leaf. Where accommodations can be given these plants should be selected, as their growth is rapid, and they are capable of furnishing a large conservatory quickly. Numerous suckers are produced, so that when the main stem ascends the lower part is clothed in foli- age. Calamus fenuis (or CBoyleanus) and
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