DRACA!NAS, SCREW-PINES, SAGO-PALMS 115 
with numerous varieties and hybrids, all highly colored. Fine 
hybrid forms are: D. Amabilis, leaves striped green and yel- 
low. D. Hendersonii, leaves curiously mottled and striped 
with white and lilac. 
D. fragrans belongs to 
a different type of plants, 
with rather broad and 
very long, recurved, and 
spreading leaves. Of this 
there are two or three 
varieties with the leaves 
striped yellow. The 
best and hardiest of these 
is D. Massangeana. The 
finest is D. Lindenii. 
These plants are as yet 
little known in America, 
Dracena Regine. 
but they do well in a 
house when properly treated, and no plants can be better 
suitable for the decoration of a house. 
Sago-Palms are of many different kinds. All have very 
ornamental leaves spreading from the crown of thick scaly 
stems. There is no class of plants better suited to house cult- 
ure, as the hard texture of the leaves renders them proof 
against injuries of any kind. They will do well in almost any 
position, but prefer a warm place and plenty of water in sum- 
mer. ‘The young leaves are at first tender, but become firm in 
a very short time. Among these: 
Cycas revoluta is the kind most commonly grown, and the 
best in every way. The leaves are from 2 to 4 feet long, and 
about 6 or 8 inches wide, very closely pinnate and deep, glossy 
