YUCCA. 335 



£owers somewhat oampanulate and pure white. Native of 

 Mexico. 



Y. quadneolor. — A magnificent kind, well deserving a 

 place in any and every collection of plants. The leaves 

 are stout, spreading horizontally, and tapering to a point, 

 where they are armed with a sharp spine, from one to 

 two feet in length, and from one to one and a half inches 

 in breadth ; the upper surface creamy yellow in the centre, 

 tinged with crimson and orange yellow, and broadly bor- 

 dered with dark shining green ; the under side and stem 

 is creamy yellow, the leaves being bordered with a narrow 

 green margin. Native of Mexico. 



T. quacl/ric'olor Stohesii. — In this plant we have all the 

 "beauties of the preceding intensified. The colours are the 

 same, except that the creamy yellow is in this kitid ex- 

 changed for a rich dark orange yellow, and the leaves 

 are more recurved. It is undoubtedly the finest of all the 

 variegated Yuccas. Native of Mexico. 



Y. recurva. — Stem stout, six inches in diameter at the 

 base, and from six to ten feet in height. The leaves are 

 ■stiflf and rigid, from twelve to twenty inches in length, and 

 rather above an inch in width, sheathing at the base, 

 the point armed with a stout spine, and the edges spar- 

 ingly clothed with long white filaments ; they are dark 

 green on both surfaces, except at the sheathing base, which 

 is reddish brown. Native of Georgia. 



Y. seriulata. — This is a compact small-growing plant, 

 with a slender stem, and leaves from one to two feet in 

 length, slightly more than an inch in width, finely serrated 

 at the edges, dark full green, and armed at the apex with 

 a stout brown spine. Native of Carolina. 



Y. serrulata angustifolia. — Leaves from twelve to eigh- 

 teen inches in length, and less than an inch across, finely 



