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Why Some Dracaenas Die 



Photograph by C. C. Pierce & Co. 



WHY has my dracaena died after it has 

 been growing well for a dozen 

 years ? It has had the same treatment every 

 year." 



This question comes to me many times 

 every year. 



A certain garden in Los Angeles has hard- 

 pan eighteen inches below the surface, and 

 the owner persistently planted dracaenas for 

 a dozen years before discovering the cause 

 of their early death. He then broke through 

 the hardpan, made a good-sized hole, and 

 loosened the soil to the depth of three feet. 

 He now has plants six years old that are in 

 perfect health. Previous to this treatment 

 no dracsena had lived in his yard for more 

 than four years, and the last year of this 

 period it produced no new growth and had 

 a sickly appearance. 



The dracaena makes a long and large tap 

 root, and at five years of age it is of greater 



63. The dracaena of California, Cordylim australis (Dra- 

 caena indi-visa of gardeners). Sometimes planted along 

 roads, but is too uneven in height. These trees are 

 same age. Could be Kept uniform height by break- 

 ing out centre growth at same height 



diameter than the stem above ground. 

 When this tap root reaches rock or hard- 

 pan and is plentifully supplied with water, 

 decay is soon induced and spreads upward 

 until death of the top ensues. An instance 

 is known, where dracaenas were evidently 

 dying and were "abandoned," of the plants 



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