The Florida agriculturist., 1905-11-08


then present in countless numbers.
The seeds of this species were collect
ed by Dr. Gustav Niederlein at the
Missiones, Entire Rios, Argentina.
have a fine photograph of a whole
forest of these grand palms taken by
DIR. Niederlein at the time when he
collected the seeds.
Cocos australis is another very
beautiful and conspicuous palm, very
different from all the others in manner
of growth, Towering and fruitIng. The
elegant leaves of a somewhat glau-
cous hue, are upright, then reclining.
The fruit clusters are small, short and
slender, consisting of only about a
hundred fruits, the size of cherry
They are of a yellow color, fragrant
but are scarcely edible. One OF the
grandest and at the same time one of
the most graceful and elegant palms
of my collection.
Cocos campestris.- is a small
dense growing species with a rather
slender trunk. The leaves are re-
climate, short, bluish-green and the
fruit clusters are small and short. The
fruit is about the size OF pea, creamy
yellow and scarcely odOrOus. This is
a very ornamental plant and well
adapted for pot culture.
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with a dense crown of reclinate leaves,
light green in color and slightly glau
cous. The flowers appear iii short
pendant clusters and are OF a sulphur
yellow color. Fruit greenish-wh1te,
OdorlesS and as large as a small cher
ry.
Cocos eriospatha.-This is very
sturdy grower with a short massive
trunk and strong recurved leaves,
which are, however, not numerous. 1t
has very decided glaucous color and
the whole plant is very distinct. l.
bears only one or two fruit clusters
annually with large whitish plum-like
drupes, formed like peen-to peach,
that is hattened on both sides. Il is
very fragrant, juicy and full of sugar,
being regarded by COnnOIsseurs as the
most delicious of all Cocos fruits. The
nutlets are not oblOng but perfectly
round reminding of those of the c.
dustralis which are, however, slightly
Oblong.
Cocos alba is a species very distinct,
with long silvery white foliage. 1t
has not yet flowered. This is a very
ornamental kind, but the name is un-
doubtedly incorrect.
COcOS -petiOlata.-A very
beautiful and distinct kind, with very
elegant bluish-green foliage, which is
carried on violet-blue petioles. |
never have seen this palm in any col
lection and it has not yet fiowered
with me.
Cocos spec.-A very short-stemmed,
short-leaved species with broad PIN
nae. This was received from Mr..
Mead from whom | also received
Cocos Normanbyana, stemiess kind
of much elegance.
Cocos Alphonsei was raised from
seeds obtained from the fine large
specimens at Belair, the once famous
place of General Sanford near San
ford. 1t is coarse, but strong grow
ing species, and is certainly distinct
from all the rest of my collection. A
seven-year-Old specimen is fully as tall
as my twelve-year-old specimen c.
Yatay.
There are several other distinct
kinds of this group of palms in my
garden not yet named.
The Towering of these palms is very
interesting. The huge flower scape is
enclosed in a very massive club-like
spadix, which is slender and pointed
in some species and large, thick and
rounded in others. In Cocos Gaertneri
it is as large as a baseball bat and of
the same form, and in c. datil it is
larger. 1t first stands erect, then it
bends downward, bursts with a crash
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