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BOTANICAL INDEX. 
jil/da. 
jlrgyrosfigma Pic la. 
Carmina/a. 
Pigswellian a. 
Falci folia. 
Fol/osa. 
Fuchs/o/des. 
F u chs/oides rt lb a. 
Jfybrida Multiflora. 
EVER-GREEN SHRUBBY VARIETIES. 
ft olivietisis. 
Chambers//, 
JD/scolor. 
Incana. 
Incarnata. 
Jncarnata Yariegata. 
JO a Pey > ro as//. 
Nitida. 
Odorata. 
Oilifolia. 
Palma/a. 
Parnell/. 
TUBEROUS ROOTED SHRUBBY VARIETY. 
(Type Begonia Discolor [Evansiana,] Linnseus.) 
P/rersifolia. Sutherland//, 
Dreggii. Yeitchii. 
ftos<T flora . Wei to n iens/s, 
TUBEROUS ROOTED REX VARIETY. 
Froebelt, Pearceii . 
Parvifolia. 
P/chardsoni. 
Sanguinea. 
Saunders//. 
Semperflorens. 
Sedeni. 
H ashing ton. 
Zebrina. 
Sub Peltata Nigricans. 
Agave Americana. 
AGAVE. 
Jrobably no plant in cultivation is more entitled to the appellation of “Lawn Plant” 
than the Agaves, so called American Aloe or Century Plant. They are too eum- 
mon to need any description but a few words on their culture may not lie amiss. All 
the species thrive well in rich, loamy soil, mixed with a little well rotted Cow ma- 
nure and decayed vegetable mould, but they require plenty of drainage, consisting 
of broken pots or brick rubbish with plenty of Sun and very little water during 
Sninmer, but care must be taken not to allow water to stand on the leaves while 
exposed to the hot rays of the Sun, as it burns the leaves badly. During winter 
they require no water and will keep in a cool dry celler. 
Last spring we tried an English plan of repotting large Agaves which is so very satisfac- 
tory and at the same time was so easily done that we would recomend its adoption by all those 
who may have large Agaves to repot. After prepareing a tub or pot of earth suitable for 
their use. we cut off the plant close to the ground and set it upon the newly prepared soil and 
in a short time new roots had formed, and by fall the pot of earth was full of healthy, young 
roots, while the plant had made a more vigorous growth than any other Agave in our collec- 
