LILIACE^ 



Leaves [cladodes) oblong or oblong-lanceolate, upper ones alternate, lower 

 ones opposite, ternate or verticillate, distinctly ribbed, 3-5 ins. long, rigidly 

 coriaceous. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-1^ ft. 



Native of JNIediterranean region; introduced 1G40. li. Hijpoglossum is 

 thought to be a form of this species, having the flowers on the upper side of the 

 cladode. 



ALEXANDRIAN LAUREL, Damva Laurus. H 



Gardens. May. 'J'his does well in sheltered gardens near the sea. The 

 graceful leafy stems will last several weeks if cut and placed in water 

 indoors. 



Floxoers greenish-yellow, hermaphrodite, in a terminal raceme ; Fruit a 

 berry, red. 



Leaves {cladodes) alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded at base, 

 glabrous, lucid green, .sessile, rigidly coriaceous, 2 ins. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 4 ft. 



Native of Portugal ; introduced 1739. Syn. Ruscits raccmosus. 



NARROW-LEAVED YUCCA, Yucca angustifoUa. 



Gardens. July, August. This is well suited for sunny nooks and rock- 

 work. The Yuccas are all hardy, but do best in sunshine and loamy soil. They 

 are propagated by cuttings of roots in sand in bottom heat in spring ; offsets 

 or suckers in March or April ; division in March. 



Flowers white, greenish outside, campanulate, in a terminal panicle or simple 



j-aceme, 3-5 ft. long, branches ascending, pedicels ^—1 in. long, stout, erect ; 



Pcriauth segments oblong, acute, 2-2.^ ins. long, |— 1^ in. broad ; Stjilc short, 



stigmas shorter than ovary ; Fruit a capsule, 2-3 ins. long, 1 in. diam., 6-sided ; 



seeds very flat, | in. broad. 



Leaves 100 or more, in a dense rosette, linear, pungent, pointed, channelled 



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