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BESCHORNERIA. 
Several species of this genus of Amaryllidee are of frequent oceur- 
rence on the Riviera gardens. ey are dwarf stemless plants with a 
tuberous rootstock and tufted habit. On T lawn at Monte Carlo, 
and in = xd of the Acclimatisation Society at Hyéres, some of the 
specim easured 8 feet through. When in flower, these must make 
a beautiful display. The general effect is not unlike that of large 
clumps of Yucea recurva or filamentosa her 
Mr. Gumbleton states that at feast one ` species of Beschorneria is 
hardy at Scarborough and at Cork. 
The kinds seen on the Riviera were 
B. argyrophylla, Hort. Possibly B. pde idee of Baker. 
B. glauca, Hort. Very similar to the last n 
B. superba, Hort., Hanbury. Also cultivated. E Kew, but not yet 
x pnt 
B. yuccoides, Hook. A plant was so named at the Villa Thuret, 
but tlie goes were distinctly filumentose, a character which is absent 
in the Kew plants. 
Furcr@a. 
The following were noted in one or other of the various gardens 
visited. At Mentone, Mr, Hanbury has a good collection of Furcreas, 
mostly very large healthy e rag 
F. Bedinghausi, K. , (Roezlia regia); large plants, with 
heads 8 feet through on — 1 4 feet high. I flowered recently at 
Villa Valetta. This plant is also cultivated as F. longeva, E is, 
however, a very different plant. It is also represented in Mr, Han- 
bury’s ER under the erratic name of Yucca Parmentier 
F. cu s, Haw., and its variety inermis. 
F. flavo-viridis, Hook. 
F. gigantea, Vent. ‘The species which yields Mauritius hemp. 
F. Lindeni, Jacobi. A magnificent plant with leaves 8 feet long, 
coloured rich yellow and green. On a lawn at Monte Carlo. 
F. longeva, Karw. Several fine specimens in gardens at Cannes. 
BEAUCARNEA AND DASYLIRION. 
Two ri only of Beaucarnea were noted, viz., B. longifolia, 
Baker, of which some very fine specimens were seen, the most strikin ng 
perhaps an at Villa Valetta. ne stem is 8 feet high, 2 feet in 
diameter at the base, and it bore no less than 12 distinct heads of 
foliage, no doubt the exalt of its hatte flowered. What I took to be 
the same species was a plant in flower at Hyéres. It had no visible 
stem, but a large rosette of recurved strap-shaped leaves about 4 feet 
long, i in the centre of which stood a massive pyramid of flowers fully 
6 cct shee and 2 feet through at the base; it was a female. B. recur- 
em., was noted in several gardens and was in flower at Mentone. 
-generally in the Riviera as Pincenectitia tubercula 
lirion is a popular garden genus. Thousands of ems young 
and old, sih noted in the various nurseries visited, whilst in private 
gardens some very fine specimens were seen. D. acrotrichum, Zucc., 
is the iniit At Hyéres it was labelled Bonapurtea gracilis. 
