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Lily, and it has a place on every porch or yard where 
flowers are cultivated at all. The variety Capensis, 
which isa pale blue, is most extensively grown. They 
are natives of Europe, Asia and Africa. Three of the 
class are worth growing as greenhouse or pit flowers, 
namely, Capensis, Rosea and Alba. The variety Lar- 
pentee has deep azure blue flowers, flowering from Sep- 
tember to November, and is perfectly hardy. They are 
easily propagated by cuttings of the roots or shoots, or by 
division of the plant. With the exception of Larpentee, 
the others are not hardy here. It was introduced in 
1818. If required only for Summer blooming on the lawn, 
they may be Wintered safely in a shed or cellar, where 
they will require but little water until necessary to- 
start them in the Spring. 
AGAVE. 
A: GAVES are most commonly known as the Century 
==* Plant or American Aloe. These plants are a native 
of South America, and were introduced in 1640. There 
are a great many varieties of this plant, but only the two 
rarieties, Americana and Americana Variegata, are much 
known in theSouth. The latter has its leaves beautifully 
streaked with white and yellow and makes a most orna- 
mental plant for a vase or sunny position, as they stand 
the drought and the hot sun better than any other plant 
we know of. It was at one time a prevailing idea that 
this plant oniy flowered onee in a hundred years; but 
this is found now to be a popular error. If given suffi- 
ecient heat, if will flower when ten or twelve years old. 
The flower stem rises from the center of the plant toa 
height of about thirty feet, bearing an immense number 
of yellowish-green flowers, after which the plant perishes, 
