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Fig. 1001. — A Bunch of Carpels. 



the Greek KXr^fia, a vine branch. The best usage, however, and the authority 

 of Webster, and of the Standard, is clem'atis, which therefore we will follow. 



A BELT OF YUCCAS. 



This yucca is a capital plant for amateurs to grow because it " lasts for 

 ever," and it is always neat in appearance, except for a few dead leaves that can 

 be pulled off, and does hot spread out of bounds ; and its flowers are bold, con- 

 spicuous and showy, and it blooms at mid-summer, a time of year when we 

 want something striking in our gardens. 



There are several varieties of it differing from one another in the stiffness 

 or threadiness of their leaves, the size, fullness and whiteness of their flowers 

 and their taller spikes. One can see the difference between them in that, 

 while the majority of the flower spikes run from four to six feet high, there are 

 some clumps whose flower spikes are eight to ten feet high, and this character 

 is permanent. And one of our prettiest hardy plants is the variegated-leaved 

 form of this yucca. Its leaves are green, belted or streaked lengthwise with white. 



Yucca angustifolia is hardy from New York south and makes handsome 

 clumps three to four feet high. But the grand yucca gloriosa, which is the tree- 

 like yucca so common in southern gardens is not hardy in the north. — 

 Gardening. 



