Yucca. 213 



branching panicle 3 ft. to 4 ft. high. Foliage in close 

 rosettes of leaves, ii ft. to 2 ft. long, by about ii in. 

 broad at the middle, often fringed with filaments on the 

 edges : the young ones nearly erect, the old ones abruptly 

 reflexed at the middle, almost appearing as if broken. 

 This gives such an irregular aspect to the tufts that it at 

 once distinguishes this kind from any of the varieties of 

 K filamentosa. It also flowers more regularly and abun- 

 dantly than its relative, and is exceedingly well suited for 

 groups of the finer hardy plants, for borders, or for being 

 planted in large isolated tufts. N. America. 



*Yucca glaucescens. A very free-flowering kind, 

 with a panicle 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, the branches of which 

 are short and very downy. Leaves sea-green, about 

 eighteen inches long, with a few filaments on the 

 margins. The flowers are of a greenish-yellow colour, 

 and when in bud are tinged with pink, which tends to 

 give the whole inflorescence a peculiarly pleasing tone. 

 A very useful and ornamental sort fine for groups, 

 borders, isolation, or placing among low shrubs. N. 

 America. 



*Yucca gloriosa. A species of large and imposing 

 proportions, with a distinct habit and somewhat rigid 

 aspect. Flower-stem over 7 ft. high, much-branched, and 

 bearing an immense pyramidal panicle, of large, almost 

 pure white flowers. Leaves numerous, stiff, and pointed. 

 One of the noblest plants in our gardens, and suitable for 

 use in almost any position. It varies very much when 

 grown from seed a good recommendation, as the greater 

 variety of fine form we have the better. The chief 



