Zea. 



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plants, for vases, the outer margins of beds of subtropical 

 plants, and like positions, where its variegation may be 

 well seen, and where its graceful leaves will prove effec- 

 tive among subjects of dumpy habit. It should in all 

 cases have light, rich, warm soil. It has a habit of 

 breaking into shoots rather freely near the base of the 

 central stem ; and where it grows very freely, this should 

 recommend it for planting in an isolated manner, or in 

 groups of three or five, on the turf. 



Yucca filamentosa variegata. 



