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fine form we have the better. Then there is Y. glaucescens, 

 with a sea-green foliage, and rather free to flower, the buds 

 being of a pink tinge, which tends to give the whole in- 

 florescence a peculiarly pleasing tone. This is a first-class 



Fig. 8S. 



Yucca pendula. 



plant. Y. filamentosa is smaller than these^ but one which 

 flowers with much vigour and beauty. It is well worth 

 cultivating in every garden ; not only in the flower garden 

 or pleasure ground^ but also on the rough rockwork^ or any 



