RHODODENDRONS, continued 



R. ponticum, var. odoratum. Fragrant. A dwarf, dense grower, with 

 good dark green foliage, producing quantities of small, sweet-scented flowers. 



R. punctatum. Dotted. A shrub with slender, spreading or recurving 

 branches ; foliage glabrous ; flowers rosy colored and spotted. The earliest of 

 all the Rhododendrons. 



R. undulatum. Of dwarf, compact growth, with curiously curled, light 

 green foliage. 



YUCCA 



Y. filamentosa. Adam's Needle. An evergreen shrub with long, spiny- 

 pointed leaves, producing in midsummer an immense panicle 4. to 6 feet in 

 height, of large, ivory white flowers. Beautiful and useful in shrubbery beds 

 and borders, or for dry sandy positions where little else will thrive. 



Y. filamentosa, var. glaucescens variegata. Variegated Yucca. A form 

 with more glaucous foliage, which is striped with white. 



Y. gloriosa, var. plicata. Plaited. Leaves more slender than the type, 

 but much plaited ; panicle large. 



Y. gloriosa, var. recurvifolia ; syn., pendula. A form with longer, nar- 

 rower foliage, and a slender panicle of flowers. 



MEMORANDA 



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