This section is from the book "Gardening In California: Landscape And Flower", by John McLaren. Also available from Amazon: Gardening In California: Landscape And Flower.
The Cane Palm of Japan is an elegant dwarf-growing palm with cane-like stems and crowns of palmate leaves, admirable for pot culture and for places in rooms or verandas. If planted out of doors it should be given a shaded sheltered situation free from draughts or cold winds. There are several species and varieties of this most interesting palm all worthy of a place in any collection.
Propagation is effected by division of the roots in early Spring.
 
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