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HARDY PLANTS POU THE 



spot requiring a distinct type of hardy vegetation^ and so is 

 its fine tliougli delicate variegated variety. Yncca flaccida is 



somewhat in the 

 way of this, but 

 smaller. It flow- 

 ers even more 

 abundantly and 

 regularly than 

 filamentosa^ and 

 is well worthy of 

 cultivation. The 

 preceding spe- 

 cieSj if not so 

 much used in our 

 gardens as they 

 deserve, are at 

 all events known 

 in them. The 



jpDllowing I met with for the first time in Parisian gardens : — 



Fig. 90. 



Yucca filamentosa variegata. 



Statice latiiolia. 



Y. lutescens is a species of neat habit and slightly yellowish 

 tone of shining green, and very distinct. Y. flexilis is an 



