HENCYCLOPHADIA OF GARDENING. 
Liliacew. Greenhouse & hardy evergreen perennials. First intro- 
duced 1526. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary light well- 
drained. Position, sunny banks, mounds, rockeries, raised borders, 
or singly lawns. Plant, Oct. or April. Protect in severe weather 
with mats. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, two parts 
sandy loam, one part leaf-mould & little sand. Position, light green- 
house, Sept. to June; sunny position outdoors, pots plunged to rims 
in soil, June to Sept.; or may be grown entirely in greenhouse. 
Pot, March. Water freely, April to Sept.; very little afterwards. 
Repotting only necessary when root-bound. Temp., Sept. to March, 
40° to 50°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propagate by division in 
March, offsets or suckers in March or April; cuttings of roots in- 
serted in sand in temp. 55° in spring. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Y. aloifolia, white, summer, 15 ft., S. U. States and 
W. Indies; and its varieties Draconis (leaves drooping), purpurea (leaves purplish), 
quadricolor (leaves reddish), tenuifolia (leaves slender), tricolor leaves varie- 
gated with white, green, and yellow), variegata (leaves striped with white). 
HARDY SPECIES: Y. angustifolia, white, July, S. U. States; filamentosa, white, 
June, S. U. States; filamentosa variegata, variegated; glauca, white, July, S. U 
States; gloriosa (Adam’s Needle), white, July, 6 to 9 ft., S. U. States; recurvifolia, 
leaves recurving, white, summer, S. U. States. 
Yulan (Magnolia conspicua’.—See Magnolia. 
Zaluzianskia.—Ord. Scrophulariacee. MHalf-hardy annuals. 
First introduced 1824. 
CULTURE: Soil, rich sandy loam. Position, warm sunny borders 
or rockeries. Propagate by seeds sown on surface of fine light mould 
& slightly covered with silver sand & placed in temp. 55° to 65° in 
March, transplanting seedlings outdoors in June, or sow seeds ]-16 in 
deep outdoors in May where plants are required to flower. ater 
freely in dry weather. Mulch with layer of cocoanut-fibve refuse in- 
June. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: Z. capensis (Syn. Nycterinia capensis), white, spring, 
and summer, fragrant, 1 ft., S. Africa; selaginoides (Syn. Nycterinia selaginoides), 
pink and yellow, May, 6 in., S. Africa. 
Zamia (Jamaica Sago Tree).—Ord. Cycadacee. Stove or green- 
house orn. foliage plants. First introduced 1691. Leaves, feather- 
shaped. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & peat, little silver sand. 
Position, well-drained pots in shady part of stove. Pot, Feb. or 
March. Water copiously, March to Oct. Syringe daily, April to 
Sept. Moist atmosphere essential. Shade from sun. Temp., March 
to Oct. 75° to 85°; Oct. to March 60° to 70°. Propagate by seeds 
sown in light soil in temp. 75° to 85°, spring; by offsets removed & 
placed in small pots under bell-glass in propagator in spring; by 
division, Feb. or March. ; ; 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: Z. purpuracca (Jamaica Sago Tree), 3 ft., W. Indies; 
Lindenii, 8 ft., Ecuador; Wallsii, Colombia. 
Zanzibar Balsam (Impatiens Sultani).—See Impatiens. 
Zauschneria (Californian Fuchsia)—Ord. Onagracee. Half- 
hardy shrubby perennial. First introduced 1847, ; 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, well-drained rockery or 
old wall. Plant, March or April. Propagate by seeds sown in light 
sandy soil, lightly covering with fine mould, place in temp. 55° to 65°, 
March, transplanting seedlings outdoors end of May or beginning of 
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