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GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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

 ish white, in July; America; 1596. Y. recitrva (recurved); 

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

 August; Georgia; 1794. Y. superba i^Mf^^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. 

 Jilamentosa, 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. 



