The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-02-17
PALM THAT IS
FIFTY FEET TALL
a hare Plant Recently Added
to Collection in New York
Botanical Gardens.
is GIVEN FIXED POSITION
S the First to Be Planted in the Soil
Al. Its Neghbors Being potted
or Else Growing in Tubs
or Boxes.

New York Times ), number OF rare
Mains were received last week by the
New York botanical! gardens and were
placed on exhibition in the palm house,
the central and largest building OF the
conservatory range. Most Oh them We're
gifts from private collections, but by far
the largest of the plants was obtained
from the Central park conscrvatories by
exchange.
THIS palm s fine specimen OF Cocus
Plulnosa, which has attained a height or
MY feet and threatened to push its way
through the roof of the tallest building in
the Central park range of glass houses.
II has the honor OF being the first plant
TO sc given fixed position In the garden
palm house. all its ncighhors being pot
ted or else growing in large wooden tubs
and boxes. while this plant was long
since found to be too large and too
vigorous grower to be so trea ted.
II required seven men and derrick to
nproot 1t from its position in the park
conscrvalories. but the gardeners of the
botanical gardens managed to plant 1t in
the palm house without derrick. The
Mprooting. transporting and replantlng
required nearly s:x days work. The
plant Is named from the plume-like grace
of !ts great leaves. which remind one
sonewha; of the more familiar kentia
palms. but are fully fifteen feet In length
The palm was planted directly in the
soil and was surrounded with an at
l,activc bit of rockwork, which III turn
has been called upon TO nuur'sh many
vines begonias and more typical rock
loving plants. In It's new situation the
plant VIII have an opportunity TO add
fully thirty feet TO its heigh; before it
begins TO feel oppressed for space.
Two Ncowashingtonia rohusta palms re-
ceiveu from c. NJ. hyde OF Greenwich,
,ici
'iions to the garden collection and attract
much attention, In shape the trunk re-
Senbles q great egg, two feet or more in
diameter at the base, with great clusters
of large fan leaves rising from the small
er apex on heavy stems, giving al least
ten feet spread of foliage.
Mary S. Ames presented fine speci-
men Of AcanthOriza aculeata twenty feet
in height it's slender trunk thickly beset
with stout spikes, some of them fully ten
inches In length This is another of the
ian palms, the leaves more deeply fringed
than most of the varieties IL came from
the donors ConscrVator!es in North Eas-
ton Mass.
or four palms presented by Geralivr
Redmond the most important Is the
Phoenix dactylifera, a date palm ten fee,
in height. Seven cact, among them some
fine examples OF the PernN.anus mon.
strosus. nearly six fet in height, were also
included In the collection from Miss Red
monds conservatories at Tivoi, N. Y
Although this cactus has been a favor.
tie ia private Conservatives for some
years very few large specimens are
attainablo. They bear handsome pink
white flowers, five inches or more acros!
the face. The peculiar and frequent in
terruption Of the parallel ribs of the plan
gives 1t the appearance of being made W
of a succession OF short joints. and tn,
singular appearance OF the Ilant com
,nandS attention at all times