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minor. North America. On rocky 



banks or mounds in the picturesque 

 garden, isolated or grouped with fine 

 herbaceous plants and other Yuccas ; 

 also on margins of shrubberies, in open 

 glades, by wood-walks, or in almost 

 any position, in ordinary garden soil, 

 flourishing best, however, in good, 

 well- drained, sandy loam. Increased 

 by suckers, and by division of the 

 buried part of the stem, also from 

 seed ; it varies a good deal when 

 raised in the last way. 



Yucca recurva (Weeping-leaved Y.) 

 A well-known and graceful species, 

 easily distinguished by its elegant 

 habit; 3 to 8 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer and autumn ; large, numerous, 

 pure white, in a large branching pani- 

 cle. Leaves, at first erect and glaucous, 

 afterwards of a deep green and grace- 

 fully bending downwards. North 



America. A noble plant for almost 



any position in any style of garden, 

 either as isolated specimens, or grouped 

 with other Yuccas or hardy plants, 

 thriving in ordinary garden soil. When 

 very fine isolated specimens are de- 

 sired, it is best to commence with 

 vigorous and simple-stemmed young 

 plants, planting them in deep, well- 

 drained sandy loam. In winter some 

 tie the leaves carefully together in a 

 bundle, to guard against injury from 

 snow or excessive frost. Division of 

 the suckers, which spring up freely 

 round old plants. 



Yucca Treculeana (Rigid Y.} A 

 noble Yucca, about 4 ft. high when 

 well grown, with very rigid and deeply 

 channelled leaves. Flowers,in summer ; 

 with long narrow petals of a yellowish 

 white, shining, and as it were glazed ; 

 buds of a rusty red externally, densely 

 covering the erect branches on the top 

 of the flower- stalk. Leaves, in a 

 dense tuft sometimes 6 ft. through, 

 large, straight, thick, deeply concave, 

 ending in a stiff, very sharp point, very 



finely toothed on the edges, which are 

 of a brownish red and scarious. Texas. 



This fine kind, as yet but rarely 



seen in this country, is probably quite 

 as hardy, if not quite as free, as any 

 kind commonly grown ; but being so 

 rare, and somewhat slow in growth, it 

 should be placed in sunny and warm 

 positions, always in open and well- 

 drained soil. Slightly elevated warm 

 banks are among the best positions for 

 it. Increased by cuttings from the 

 stems of old plants, and by seed ripened 

 in warmer climes than ours. 



Zapania nodiflora (Creeping Vervain). 

 A pretty and modest-looking, com- 

 pactly spreading, trailing plant, with 

 prostrate stems 2 or 3 ft. or more in 

 length. Flowers, in late summer and 

 autumn; small, purplish, in small 

 roundish heads, on long stalks spring- 

 ing from the axils of the leaves. Leaves, 

 spoon-shaped, coarsely and irregularly 

 notched, with a wedge-shaped base 

 attenuated into a stalk; upper and 

 axillary leaves small and pointed. 

 Asia and America. Borders, edg- 

 ings, the rougher parts of the rock- 

 garden, or naturalized on bare 

 banks, in any rather warm soil. Divi- 

 sion. 



Zanschneria californica (Vermilion 

 Z.)A showy and distinct perennial, 

 8 to 16 in. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer; bright vermilion, gracefully 

 drooping, in a loose, erect, almost one- 

 sided spike ; petals small, 4 in num- 

 ber, 2-cleft, at the end and reflected, 

 inserted into the end of the calyx, 

 which is long, funnel-shaped, and of a 

 scarlet colour, so as frequently to be 

 taken for the corolla. Leaves, alter- 

 nate, small, sessile, linear-lance- 

 shaped, the upper ones oval, acute. 

 California. Borders and the rock- 

 garden, in sandy and fibry loam. It 

 will require a little protection at the 

 root in cold parts. Division in early 

 spring and seed. 



