YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. 



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Fig. 1554— Yccca. 



,UR northern gardens contain no 

 other hardy plant which in ap- 

 pearance is so distinctly tropi- 

 cal as the Yucca. It makes a 

 fine specimen plant standing singly on 

 the lawn, and when in bloom is a grand 

 and beautiful object with its hundreds 

 of drooping white lily-like flowers. 

 Planted in good soil, and with a little 

 space about it kept free from grass and 

 weeds, it will take care of itself. The 

 stem is killed down by the frost, but an 

 annual growth is made, becoming 

 stronger with age. It is well to place a 

 layer of litter about the plant late in 

 autumn, and in spring to dig in some 

 good old manure. Besides the position 

 mentioned for it, it is also suitable for 

 the shrubbery border, or it may form 

 one of a small group of shrubs, or occupy 

 the centre of a large flower bed. — Vick's 

 Magazine. 



THE NARCISSUS NOT BLOOMING. 



When Narcissi fail to bloom it is 

 usually because the bulbs have become 

 too deep and too much crowded in the 

 soil by long remaining in one place, or 

 because the bed is composed of tenacious 

 clay soil to which the sun does not have 

 free access. In such a position the 



bulbs do not ripen well because the 

 ground is constantly moist, and in con- 

 sequence they split up into numerous 

 smaller bulbs, none of which are of 

 sufficient size or vitality to bloom. 

 Knowing the cause the remedy will 

 suggest itself. 



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