The Garden Under Glass

n6 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS palms, though to ensure porosity and sweetness I would add morfar rubble and charcoal. If the turf be of a nature which quickly decays it would be well to add good fibrous peat. Being naturally of a slow-growing nature, palms do not need to be stimulated, hence manure or manurial stimulants are best avoided. Good drainage and firm potting are advised in view of the faet that it will be some time before the larger plants have a shift. Syringing of the foliage should be frequent and sponging of the foliage should be done periodically—at any rate three or four times a year. It is not wise to stand palms direetly on an earth floor, as they thereby become troubled with worms in the soil which soon produce sourness. Useful palms are: Kentia Balmoriana, K. Fosteriana, K. Sanderiana ; Cocos Weddelliana ; Phænix Rcebelini and P. daetylifera.