No. 136. 
DRACENA FERREA *. 
5 ` Order. 
ie 
a SP ION 
This is a native of the southern parts of 
China and Cochin China, where it is also 
planted for ornament: it is called terminalis 
by some writers, under which name Jacquin 
has given a good figure of it. The singular 
colour of its leaves renders it a most distin- 
guished plant for a stove. There is a great 
deal of the appearance of a palm about it, as É 
well in the stem as in the mode of flowering. 
In the winter season the blossoms appear. 
We have never had them succeeded by seeds; 
but have propagated it both by cuttings and 
tubers of the root, which, if taken off in the | 
spring, will, in time, form young plants. It 
will not thrive out of the stove, although not 
very tender, and grows very well in a loamy 
soil. 
* Reduced to about one-eighth the size. 
