. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 526 The American Florist. Oct. 2g, ol their spiny habit, a very spiny palm being somewhat of a nuisance to the decorator and also to his patrons, as anyone who has handled such a palm as Acanthorhiza stauracanlha with its network ot long and branched spines around the stem can fully testily. But there will be an awakening in the direction ol something more than the ever present kentia so metime in the future, for as the taste tor horticulture grows, and grow it does and will, there will come a demand for greater v
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 526 The American Florist. Oct. 2g, ol their spiny habit, a very spiny palm being somewhat of a nuisance to the decorator and also to his patrons, as anyone who has handled such a palm as Acanthorhiza stauracanlha with its network ot long and branched spines around the stem can fully testily. But there will be an awakening in the direction ol something more than the ever present kentia so metime in the future, for as the taste tor horticulture grows, and grow it does and will, there will come a demand for greater variety than the market now aflords. and it is there- fore well to bring these plants that ate outside of the ordinary run into notice from time to time. Acanthophccnix, martinezia, bactris, thrinax, weltia, geo- noma, pinanga, these and a host of others suggest themselves either for their grace- ful habit, singular form, abundant spines or varied coloring of the young and immature leaves, those of the welfia for example being of a bright reddish choco- late as they first expand, finally chang- ing to dark green. And this is a slender growing unarmed palm that might well find a place among the available trade species even though it may not be just as hardy as a rhapis or a chamc-erops. Several of the geonomas also show some verv distinct coloring in the y oung foliage, and as this is a d wart race of palms there is no danger ot most ot the species of this genus outgrowing the average green- house of the amateur plant grower for some years, besides being of very grace- ful habit and reasonably rapid growth. There are numerous palms that one can not safely recommend to those customers having only a small greenhouse in which to keep their palms, for such species would outgrow their quarters before showing their true character and thus prove a great disappointment to the customer, and among those that readily suggest themselves are some of the cocoses, oreodoxas and euterpes, to whi
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