early variety, Express, and the later blooming va- 

 riety, Pfitzerii, spacing the Tritomas eight inches 

 apart, the result will be wonderful. This is the 

 effect you will create : Yucca will send up its great 

 flower rockets early in the Summer — June to mid- 

 July — and meantime the Tritoma (Express) will 

 now be abloom until the variety Pfitzerii com- 

 mences to bloom. The foliage of the Yucca, after 

 the flowers have gone, will be that of a tropical- 

 appearing plant, while the green spears of the 

 Tritomas, some upright, some curved, and many 

 prostrate, with never a yellowing stage, will pro- 

 duce an effect rarely seen in our Northern gardens. 



Plant the Tritomas in the Spring. After they 

 are established, heaped up piles of leaves and sand 

 over them is all the protection needed, because the 

 Yucca and Aralia spinosa are absolutely hardy. 



With this planting one need not wait a year 

 for results, because by planting this Fall the effect 

 will be of an established nature next Summer. I 

 would suggest that you secure five- or six-foot 

 plants of Aralia. Plant a number of Aralias if you 

 desire to obtain a massed subtropical effect. 



Plant on a hillside or elevation or boundary 



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