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be classed among the flowering subjects ; but their leaves being 

 their chief attraction they are for that reason referred to here. 

 The leaves are long, narrow, and drooping. D. acrotrichum and 

 D. glaucophyllum latifolium are two good kinds. ' They are 

 evergreen, another feature which enhances their value. Still 

 keeping to liliaceous plants we have some most suitable kinds 

 in the Agaves and Yuccas. Their foliage is capable of with- 

 standing a lot of ill-treatment if the plants are but potted up 



Fig. S 10 -— Ophiopogon Jabukan variegata. 



in some good loam and leaf-mould, and the drainage is ample. 

 Broken bricks, as used for the Cactuses, will suit very well. Other 

 desirable near allies are Yucca filamentosa aureo-variegata, 

 Y. aloifolia, Agave americana (Fig. 512) and its variety variegata, 

 and A. _ univittata. These plants like plenty of water during 

 late spring and summer, but in winter a very little will suffice. 

 A light position outside suits them best in summer. 



