for some years. Mr. William Wood, who has the charge of 
the plant department in this extensive establishment, informs 
me that the main stem, clear of the leaves, was two feet long, 
and terminated in three clusters of leaves, from the centre 
of each of which rose a flower stem three feet high. The 
foliage, notwithstanding its stiffness, does not offend the 
eye, for the leaves gradually turn back as they grow old, till 
at last they form the graceful arrangement shewn in the 
accompanying figure. 
Nothing can be better adapted than these plants for orna- 
menting either artificial or natural masses of rock-work, 
precipitous banks, or other situations where the singular 
stems can be so much above the eye, as to form a bold and 
prominent object standing out in strong relief against the 
sky. They are hardy, perennial, and easily procured in 
the Nurseries. The Messrs. Backhouse find this, Y. rufo- 
cincta, recurvifolia, glaucescens, filamentosa, and others, 
quite capable of bearing the winter, even so far north as 
York. In the Garden of the Horticultural Society no 
weather seems to harm them. 
