YUCCA 



Flowers.— -Red and yellow, borne in a many-flowered, terminal spike. 

 Pemw/A.— Cylindrical, an inch or more long, six-toothed. 

 Stamens. — Six, protruding. 



Ovary.— Three-celled; style thread-like; stigma minute. 

 Capsule. — Three-celled, several-seeded. 



Kniphofia is one of the most unique plants in general cultiva- 

 tion, and rejoices in several common names — Red-Hot-Poker, 

 Flame Flower, Poker Plant, Torch Lily— all 

 emphasizing the spectacular effect of its cylin- 

 drical spike of blazing blossoms, a veritable 

 flame mixture of red and orange and yellow. 



The genus is African, and although there 

 are several species in cultivation, aloides with 

 its hybrids and variants is the favorite. 



The long, narrow, keeled leaves form a tuft 

 from whose centre rise several scapes two to 

 three feet high, each crowned by a spike four to 

 eight inches long, of perhaps a hundred tubu- 

 lar, drooping flowers, glowing in fiery red and 

 yellow. 



The trade advertises many different varieties, 

 but at heart they are all aloides. 



YUCCA. ADAM'S NEEDLE 



YUcca filamentdsa. 



Yucca, an Indian name without application 

 to this flower; given by mistake. 



Torch Lily. Kniphbfia 

 aloides 



The hardy species of Yucca which fruits in cultivation at the North. 

 Native to the Southern States. June. 



Leaves. — Borne upon a short trunk; evergreen, long, narrow, spiny- 

 pointed; rather weak, somewhat concave, with slender,^ curly, margi- 

 nal fibres. 



• Flower-Stem. — Three to four feet high, bearing a loose, long-stalked 

 panicle of cream-white nodding bells. ^ 



Perianth. — Of six oval, acute, distinct segments; the three inner 

 broader than the outer. 



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