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ZEA 



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YELLOW-ROOT, ffydra'stis. 



YELLOW SULTAN. Ccntaure'a suave'o- 

 Icns. 



YELLOW-TAILED MOTH. See Por- 

 thc'sia. 



YEW-TEEE. Ta'xits. 



YU'CCA. Adam's Needle. (Name 

 of the plant in Peru. Nat. ord., Lily- 

 worts [Liliaceee]. Linn., 6-ffexandria 

 1-Monogynia.) 



All whitish-flowered evergreens. Sometimes 

 by seeds sown immediately they are ripe, in a 

 slight hotbed ; generally by suckers, but also at 

 times from young shoots that branch from the 

 stems ; deep, dry, sandy loam is their favourite 

 soil ; a few require the assistance of a stove or 

 greenhouse, but most of them stand the open 

 air in England. Aloifolia is, perhaps, the 

 tenderest of all the hardy ones. They flourish 

 near the sea shore. We may add that they 

 seem quite at home on a knoll, or on rock-work. 



HARDY. 



1'. acumina'ta (pointed-flowered). 6. August. 

 1800. 



aletrifo'rmis (Aletris-like). 2. C. of G. 



Hope. 1823. Greenhouse. 



aloifo'lia (Aloe-leaved). 2. August. S. 



America. 1696. 

 pe'ndula (droop'mg-leaved), 12. 



August. 

 variega'ta (variegated-feared). 2. 



August. 



angustifo'lia (narrow - leaved). 2. July. 



Missouri. 1811. 



arcua'ta (bowed). 1. July. 1817. 



conca'va (hollow-feared). 14. August. 1816. 



conspi'cua (conspicuous). 3. 1818. Green- 



house. 



crenul a 'ta (scolloped). 1818. 



draco'nis (Dragon). 8. August. South 



America. 1732. Greenhouse. 



filamento'sa (thready). 2. September. Vir- 

 ginia. 1675. 



variega'ta (variegated-feared). 2. 



September. 



fla'ccida (flaccid). 2. 1816. 



glauce'scens (milky- green). 2. July. North 



America. 1819. 



glorio'sa (glorious). 4. July. America. 1596. I 

 fo'liis-variega'iis (variegated-leaved). I 



July. 



oUi'qua (oblique-feawed). 4. 1808. 

 ma'jor (larger). 4. 1808. 



pube'rula (rather- downy). August. 



recu'rva (curled-back-feared). 3. August. 



Georgia. 1794. 



ru'fo-ci'ncta (reddish-edged). l. July. 1816. 



1808. 



Stove. 



serrula'ta(sa.\v-edged). 10. Carolina. 



stri'cta (upright). 1. July. Carolina. 1817. 



supe'rba (superb). 10. August. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). 1. Malta. 1817. 



STOVE. 



Y.gra'tilis (slender), July, Mexico, 1829, 



Y. graminifo'lia (Grass-leaved). Mexico. 1838, 



latevi'rens (pale-green). Mexico. 1838. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). Mexico. 1830. 



Pitcairnicefo'lia (Pitcairnia-leaved). Mexico. 



1838. 



serratifo'lia (saw-leaved). Mexico. 1838. 



ZALA'CCA ASSA'MICA. Ca'lamus Za- 

 la'cca. 



ZA'MIA. (From zamia, loss; the 

 ! barren appearance of the male flowers. 

 | Nat. ord., Cycads [Cycadacese]. Linn., 

 j 22-Dicecia 12-Icosandria.) 



A race of plants intermediate between Ferns 

 and Palms. Those not otherwise specified are 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, and will succeed 

 in a greenhouse, but all do best in a stove. 

 Suckers; rich, loamy soil. Winter temp.. 

 45^to 55; summer, 60 to 80. 



Z. augustifo'lia (narrow-leaved), 2. July. 



Ca'ffra (Caffrarian). 4. 



cycadifo'lia (Cycas-leaved). 3. 1/75. 



cy' cadis (Cycas-like). 3. 1775. 



de'bilis (wea.k-long-leaved). 1. July. W. 



Indies. 1777. 



furfura'cea (scurfy). 3. July. W. Indies, 

 1691. 



ho'rrida (horrid). 5. 1SOO. 



integrifo'tia (entire-leaved, dwarf}. 2. July. 



W. Indies. 1768. 



lanugino'sa (woolly). 3. 1812. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 6. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 7, J818. 



me'dia (mediate). 2. July. W. Indies. 1768, 

 pruni'ferm (plum-bearing). 14. 



pu'mila (dwarf). l. 1812. 



pu'ngens (stinging). 10. 1775. 



pygma'a (pygmy). 1. May. W.Indies. 



repa'nda (w&\y-leaved) 6. 



spino'sa (spiny). 5. 



spira'lis (spiral). 3. July. N. S. Wales. 



1796. 



te'nuis (slender). 1. Bahama Islands. 



tridenta'ta (three-toothed). 2. 1814. 



ZANTHO'XYLUM. See Xantlio'xylon. 



ZAUSCHNE'EIA. (Named after J/. 

 Zauschncr, a German. Nat, ord., Ona- 

 jrads [Onagracese]. Linn., 8-Oclandriu 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Epilobium.) 



A hardy plant, with the habit of a Fuchsia. 

 Division of plant in spring; cuttings of the 

 shoots in spring, summer, and autumn, under 

 a hand-light. It is a good pot and bedding 

 plant ; for the latter purpose, as the flowers are 

 apt to drop too much, mix it with Cuphea 

 strigillosa; rich light soil. 

 Z. Califo'rnica (Californian). 3. Bright scar- 

 let. June. Santa Cruz. 1847. 



ZE'A. Maize or Indian Corn. (From 

 zao, to live ; a food plant. Nat. ord., 

 Grasses [Graminacese]. Linn,, 21- 

 Monccda d-Triandria.) 



