The sexes of the dates are separate and it is generally believed that they are dioecious. However, a female humilis in my ground raised fertile seed when no male plant of any species was large enough to bloom anywhere in the neighborhood. Most of them send up suckers in abundance which may be carefully removed and used for propagation. Professor H. Nehrling has a most excellent article on the date palms in Florida in Bailey's "Encyclopedia of Horticulture".

Pinanga

A genus of usually slender-stemmed palms some of which send up suckers quite freely. They are from the Malayan region and are therefore tender. Two or three species have been cultivated in the warmer parts of the state and it is probable that they will do best in partial shade.

Ptychospermas

Ptychospermas are Oriental palms which seem to be but little understood, most of the members being now placed in other genera. P. macarthuri is a beautiful, tufted species of which I have a large and fine example. It eventually forms large clumps, and is a native of New Guinea. There is another specimen in the grounds of Mrs. Marian McAdow at Punta Gorda.

Raphia Ruffia

Raphia Ruffia is a magnificent palm from the Mascarene Islands and Madagascar which produces the fiber called raffia. It has a tall caudex and the immense leaves reach a length of fifty to sixty feet. I have several times grown this palm from seed to a height of over a foot and it has died but I see no reason why it should not succeed. Another majestic palm from the Amazon has been called Raphia taedigera but I can hardly believe that it belongs in this genus.

Rhopalostylus Baueri And R. Sapida

Rhopalostylus Baueri And R. Sapida, the only species of the genus, are hardy palms from Norfolk Island and New Zealand, formerly placed in Areca. I have had small plants of both but have not had sufficient experience with them to say what they will do.

Roscheria Melanochaetes

Roscheria Melanochaetes is a slender, spiny palm from the Seychelles, with leaves from three to five feet long and two to three feet wide that are entire when young but more or less pinnate when old. It should be grown in the shade and probably is tender. This and the two following have entirely failed for me after repeated trials in the open ground.

Stevensonia Grandifolia

Stevensonia Grandifolia is one of the most beautiful of palms having very large, bifid, reddish green leaves; the whole plant is beset with spines. It is possible that it may be grown in a moist, sheltered place free from frost. I have it doing well in a pot.

Verschaffeltia Splendida

Verschaffeltia Splendida is a beautiful spiny, lofty-growing palm from the Seychelles, with large bifid leaves. The Seychelles Islands have a tropical climate, the lowest range of the thermometer being 700; there is a very heavy rainfall and the soil is granitic, - conditions very different from those of Florida.

Wallachia

A genus containing two or three species from India which promise to do well in the warmer part of the state. I have a young W. caryotoides which is doing finely in partial shade in the edge of hammock. The leaves closely resemble those of Caryota.