The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-26
THE FAsa1oNABLE PALM PLANT.
It's CONSTITUENCIES Describsd-Its Social
Service from thu reen-House.

It's CONSTITUENCIES DeScribed-Its Social
Service from tho Green House.
From the NeU York Mod and Express.
IF you want to sea fine LOT of palms
you should come in tho early part of the
fall Then we are getting ready for the
winter campaign. It's out of season now"
So said al old Scotia nurserymau APP
town, who makes a specially of the fash
lonable palm. But in spite OF this he Led
the reporter Though two green houses
completely filed with them. In ali there
must have been several hundred of the
plants.
But there's one thing" suddenly said he,
that you're i g to see now that you
'uldn'C $ % in the fall, and that's the
'ooarders.' Yes, the b ardersnn And he
pointed to a palm Iereon was tied a little
W odeA tag. On this appea ed q ia hio =
able name and address. THE lady mas
gone away for the summer he lntinued,
in explanation, "aad while she is away her
palm stays here. On, have many plants
TO take care Of for private arties.
lyon see" as he rolled along, most
varieties of the palm are very SO Isl i've in
deed, a ID private house their care is
| generally left to the servan S. aad you knoN
| just what that m ans. N wv the tenpera-
lure about one should never be less than
| TO, somewhere between that AID So, and
shouldn't vary much. Bat servant in
| cleaning the room who're palm is, with nut
thinking alb ut it, and in the winter too,
will opel a window right upon it. And
then few days Later / am ked: oh,
| what is the matter wit my palm? Its
leaves are all turning v llOS.'
Besides this the palm neeis good lot of
| water 10 be poured on it fro n above so that
all the leaves will be well wet. It's very
seldom that plant in private h ouse gets
good wetting. For, you sac, it ge leraly
rests on fine carpet But the business is
principally IN the renting out for balls ami
| receptions. We deal with tine people direct
anu not with the caterer. Whel a order
$ given we first visit the room and study
| out ] St what plants will be needed Tor the
proper arrangement. That, you know, is a
series OF groups, groups of pants of all
| slzes, bull. downward lr IN high center
| The cost of the service varies q good daal
| fair estimate on the whole would ne from
$50 TO 500. For so ne of the largest plants
it is worth from IS to SIS apiece to Gull and
arrange. a good arrangement in a room
| OF any size takeI at least fifty plants"
AS spade Is spade. so is a palm palm.
but there are May different varieties. In
general use is the broad fan palm or
''htania." The most popular, it is sand, is
! the 'areca," with its long, thin, gracefully
| bending leaf. There is the raphis. wi
leaves spreading out like fingers in its ex-
cellence, the most sought for of all, certain
| specimens being valued at $780, The saco
| palm has a different use from the othe s
With its broad, horny and plai ly visible
stump it is not ornamental 1t is the
| funeral palm. Two of its long, graceful
leaves are fastened together at the stem.
where a bunch of roses is also placed
A ''V" is thus formed, signifying victory
Other varieties are very many.
For the most part palms are found in
Is ALL and Mexico Central America CON
tributes a few. China and Japan furnish
the sago palm. Outsi .e of their becoming
fad Of tao cial world they are remark
able in That they are the only tropical plants
in any way Ia use in the north A goodls
number OF them are never imported into
this country at ALL but are raised from seed
in one OF the other Of the green houses
here