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varieties in cultivation are Y. g. longifolia, plicata, macu- 

 lata, glaticescens, and minor. The soil for this plant 

 should be a rich deep loam. N. America. 



*Yucca pendula. — The best species perhaps, con- 

 sidering its graceful and noble habit, which is simply in- 

 valuable in every garden. It grows about 6£ ft. high, the 

 leaves being at first erect and of a sea-green colour, after- 

 wards becoming reflexed and changing to a deep green. 

 Old and well-established plants of it standing alone on the 

 grass are pictures of grace and symmetry, from the lower 

 leaves which sweep the ground to the central ones that 

 point up as straight as a needle. It is amusing to think 

 of people putting tender plants in the open air, and run- 

 ning with sheets to protect them from the cold and rain 

 of early summer and autumn, while perhaps not a good 

 specimen of this fine thing is to be seen in the place. 

 There is no plant more suited for planting between and 

 associating with flower-beds. N. America. 



*Yncca rupicola. — A species somewhat resembling 

 Y. aloifolia, with a stem from 4 ft. to 7 ft. high, and pale- 

 green leaves 18 ins. to 20 ins. long, by 1 in. broad at the 

 middle, almost erect and frequently twisted, the horny 

 margin being broader and the teeth more distinct than 

 in X alo'ifolia. This is not much in cultivation as yet, 

 and will probably be difficult to obtain for some time 

 to come. N. America. 



*Yucea Treculeana. — This species is one of the 

 most remarkable of the noble genus to which it belongs, 

 from its habit, and especially from the dimensions to 

 which its foliage attains. Like many plants of its family, 



