CORDYLINE. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



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grown well in the open air. In the 

 Isle of Wight, and from thence along 

 the shores of Devonshire and Cornwall 

 to the Scilly Isles, they succeed well, 

 forming a fine feature even in cottage 

 gardens, whilst in some larger gardens 

 whole avenues are planted. But, in 

 far less favoured places, it is often seen 

 thriving for years in the open air, 

 though it is not worth trying in cold, 

 high, and inland places, especially on 

 clay soils. 



Dublin, a plant, 16 feet high, with a 

 stem some 6 inches in diameter, 

 annually flowered and bore an abun- 

 dance of seeds, from which seedlings 

 were easily raised in a cold frame. In 

 the Scilly Islands the plant becomes a 

 great tree, in the warmth and moisture 

 from the Gulf Stream. The fact that 

 in Dublin young plants annually 

 flower and ripen seed is sufficient proof 

 of its hardiness and of its prospects 

 of success in many districts. It is 



Cordyline australis, Bosachan, Cornwall. 



The true C. indivisa is distinct, and 

 a large number of plants have at dif- 

 ferent times been in cultivation ; owing, 

 however, to their being treated as 

 tropical plants, they usually proved 

 short-lived. One of the finest speci- 

 mens in the country is in Mr Rash- 

 leigh's garden at Menabilly, Cornwall. 

 C. i. lineata is a fine variety, with 

 leaves much broader than those of 

 the type, and sometimes 4 inches 

 across, coloured with reddish-pink at 

 the sheathing base. There are many 

 forms. At Knockmaroon Lodge, near 



readily increased also from pieces of 

 the stem and offsets. If a plant is 

 cut down close to the ground, there 

 soon spring up a number of young 

 shoots, which can be taken off as 

 cuttings, and which strike with free- 

 dom. Recent severe winters may have 

 hurt it in many places ; but after so 

 many years' success no one in a likely 

 district will give up its culture. B. 



C. ERYTHRORACHIS. A distinct and 

 beautiful plant, hardy only in the warmest 

 parts of Britain, and then only when of a 

 certain age. It does not form a main stem 



