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. 



