382 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



V. gloriosa (glorious) ; evergreen shrub ; 4 feet ; flowers green- 

 ish white, in July ; America ; 1 596. K recurva (recurved) ; 

 half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers greenish-white, in 

 August; Georgia; 1794. Y. superba i^yx^^xh) \ half-hardy ever- 

 green shrub; 10 feet; flowers white, in August; history un- 

 known. 



The only species perfectly hardy in New England is Y. 

 filamefitosa^ though the others occasionally survive. There 

 is no better plant for massing. The most effective manner 

 of growing this plant is to set about a dozen strong plants 

 in a large circular bed in a lawn, the soil being deep and 

 well manured. The plants will display wonderful vigor of 

 growth, and will often send up flower-spikes eight feet high, 

 covered with hundreds of blossoms. These spikes of bloom 

 are very effective by moonlight, and there is a foolish belief 

 that the plant only blooms about the time of the full moon. 

 The foliage should be protected by a slight covering of ever- 

 green boughs from the winter's sun. Seedlings vary much 

 in foliage. 



