r, as this m 

 1 Smith of 



plant has been named by 



iltimore, the distinguished 



flora, is found from sea-level up 



For years Dracaenas have occu- 



Captain John Do 

 student of the Central / 



and have been highly useful for decorative purposes. Many 

 species are also well adapted for room or table decoration. 

 At the present time the New York Botanical Garden is the 



These plants were- raised from seeds collected by the writer in 



six feet in height. In their native haunts they grow from twenty 

 to thirty-five feet high. They are now on exhibition in the 

 Public Conservatories (in house no. 3 ), and rank among the 

 rarities of the Garden collection. Other species may also be 

 seen in our collection, in some of which the entire length of the 



yellow, while others have the gi 

 otched or spotted with white. 

 Closely related to the American plant, is 

 e Canary Islands, notable for the existe 

 lieved to be the oldest living vegetable org; 



:he dragon-tree of 



ice of individuals 



in the world. 



The age of one 

 of Teneriffe, has 



ar, the 



.ally been estin 

 ind years, having thu 



ltiquity 



of thei 



surfaa 



i four thous 



>rld w 



seventy 



s-blood, which has be< 



1 the year 1819, 



rripped the trunk of its 



om a reddish exudation 

 1 found in the sepulchral 

 to have been used by 



and has 



