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The beautiful glossy leaves of cycads are used in many countries for ornamenting temples and for decorating altars. On the island of Guam they are used for palm leaves on Palm Sunday, and in the early days they were carried by children in religious processions, marching from one village to another under the guidance of the Jesuit missionaries. Cycads are popular conservatory plants, of easy culture, and tenacious of life, even when neglected for a long time. Their stems deprived of leaves are easily transported in bulk and will soon resume growth when planted. In the southern United States, cycads are injured by frost but often revive after having apparently been killed.
The beautiful glossy leaves of cycads are used in many countries for ornamenting temples and for decorating altars. On the island of Guam they are used for palm leaves on Palm Sunday, and in the early days they were carried by children in religious processions, marching from one village to another under the guidance of the Jesuit missionaries. Cycads are popular conservatory plants, of easy culture, and tenacious of life, even when neglected for a long time. Their stems deprived of leaves are easily transported in bulk and will soon resume growth when planted. In the southern United States, cycads are injured by frost but often revive after having apparently been killed.
Other cultivated cycads are C. neo-caledonica, Lind. "A very ornamental palm-like plant, of a different species from the cycads ordinarily grown," intro. into the U. S. by W. T. Swingle. Much like C. circinalis but with fronds narrower and pinnae closer. — C. Normanoyana, Muell., intro. into the U. S. from France by W. T. Swingle, a species with oblong-obovate lvs., having numerous linear pinnae 6 in. long. Austral. — C. Riuminiana, Hegel. St. rather stout: lvs. bright green, erect, spreading in a vase-like crown, the pinnae fine-pointed. Philippines. I. H. 11:405.
W.E. Safford
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