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A number of other Agaves have been grown from time to time. Jones and 

 Verrill mention the Mexican species A. mexicana Lam., A. striata Zucc. and A. 

 xylonacantha Salm-Dyck. In 1913, A. Lecheguilla Torrey, Mexican, and A. 

 Wightiana, were seen at the Agricultural Station, among other unnamed species. 



Later, in the same year, the following were sent to the Agricultural 

 Station from the New York Botanical Garden, and were living in 1914: 



Agave Undenvoodii Trelease, Cuban. 



Agave cienfuegosana Trelease, Cuban. 



Agave decipiens Baker, Floridian. 



Agave longipes Trelease, Jamaican. 



Agave missionum Trelease, Virgin Islands [sent also to Paget Rectory 

 in 1914]. 



Agave obducta Trelease, Antiguan. 



Agave victoria-reginae Moore, Mexican. 



Agave atrovirens Karw., Mexican. 



Agave Scolymus Karw., Mexican [sent also to Paget Rectory in 1914]. 



Agave Vera-crus Mill., Mexican. 



Agave chloracantha Salm-Dyck, Mexican. 



Agave ferox Koch, Mexican. 



Agave lophantha Scheele, Mexican. 



Agave Franzosinii, of hybrid origin. 



Agave WercMei Trelease, Central American. 



In 1914, the following were sent to Paget Rectory from the New York 

 Botanical Garden: 



Agave Legrelliana Jacobi, Cuban. 



Agave Morrisii Baker, Jamaican. 



Agave longipes Trelease, Jamaican. 



Agave soholifera Salm-Dyck, Jamaican. 



Agave tuhulata Trelease, Cuban. 



Agave Karatto Mill., Leeward Islands. 



A plant of Agave neglecta J. K. Small, Floridian, was seen at Wood 

 Haven in 1914. 



Hippeastnim puniceum (Lam.) Urban, Barbadoes Lily, "West Indian, 

 with few, large, red or vermillion, nodding flowers at the end of a leafless scape, 

 longer than the linear-oblong leaves, from a globose bulb about 2' thick, blooms 

 in spring, and is frequent in gardens. [Amaryllis equestris Ait.] 



Crinum zeylanicum L., Ceylon Lily, of tropical Asia, occasional in 

 gardens, has large globose bulbs, thin leaves 2°-3° long, 2'-4' vride, and several 

 umbelled flowers with a curved tube 4-5' long, the segments lanceolate. 



Crinum amabile Donn, Giant Lily, of the Seychelles, with leaves up to 

 5° long and 5'-6' wide, and an umbel of purplish-white flowers 6'-7' long, with 

 a straight tube, blooms at intervals throughout the year. Its bulb has a 

 long neck. 



Crinum cruentum Ker, Mexican, is similar, with a stoloniferous short- 

 necked bulb. 



Crinum asiaticum L., St, John's Lily, of tropical Asia, occasionally 

 planted, has globose bulbs about 5' in diameter with necks 6'-9' long, leaves 

 3°-4° long, 5' wide or less, many white pedicelled flowers with slender tubes 

 3'-4' long and linear segments 2'-3' long. 



Crinum giganteum And., South African, recorded in ' ' Florist 's Exchange 

 of Jan. 17, 1914, as grown in Bermuda, has bulbs 4'-5' in diameter, leaves 

 about 3° long and 4' wide, few white, sessiie flowers with tubes up to /' long 

 and imbricated, oblong, acute segments 3'-4' long. 



Nerine samiensis (L.) Herb., Guernsey Lily, of South Africa, flowers 

 before its long narrow leaves appear, with an umbel of erect, red to crimson 



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