. 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. 1196 PALM PALM 1624. Germination of Chrysalidocar- pus lutescens. (probably of volcanic origin), a mere dot on the broad bosom of the South Pacific. Few Palms are found within the limits of the United States as natives, the most common being the well- known Palmetto, Sabal Palmetto^ a member of the fan- leaved
. 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. 1196 PALM PALM 1624. Germination of Chrysalidocar- pus lutescens. (probably of volcanic origin), a mere dot on the broad bosom of the South Pacific. Few Palms are found within the limits of the United States as natives, the most common being the well- known Palmetto, Sabal Palmetto^ a member of the fan- leaved section, to which possibly all of our native Palms belong. But while the species of Palms found native in the United States are limited In numbers, yet there is at least one unique species in the group in the form of Psendoplicenix Sargenti, a monotypic Palm, that is only known to exist in a wild state on certain of the Florida Keys, and in quite limited num- bers even there. Europe is even less favored as to na- tive Palms, there being biit one species known there in that condition, Cliamce- rops humilis, also a fan-leaved species and comparatively hardy, being capable of enduring moderate frosts. The Palm tree of the Bible is doubt- less the Date Palm, Phcenlx dactylifera, which is found in large numbers throughout Syria to this day; and in fact the small grove of dates within easy reach of the Syrian householder forms one of his most valuable assets, for it provides food not only for his family, but frequently for his horses or camels also. The act of producing flowers does not necessarily ter- minate the life of a Palm, though in some instances such an effect may be produced by this cause; but a singular habit has been noted in regard to the flowering of the Fish-tail Palm, Garyota urens, which when it reaches maturity begins to throw out a flower-spike from the top of the stem, this being followed by succes- sive spikes of flowers, and ultimate bunches of seeds from the to
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