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Agaves m Jean Verschaffelt’s Nursery.—The 
following is a list of Agaves that flowered in this 
nursery dunng the past summer (1877), viz.:—1. 
Agave filifera elegans, a fine variety, imported a few 
years ago from Mexico; a very compact plant, dwarf, 
with numerous short leaves, more abundantly thready' 
(filamented) than in the usual species or varieties,, 
each leaf broadly marked with pure white bands i 
about 1 foot high by 18 inches in diameter. The 
f tem ls about 5 feet high, covered with seed-pods, 
2. filifera, a most noble specimen, about 40 inches 
in diameter; the flower-stems nearly 15 feet high, 
covered with hundreds of flowers, a great many of 
which have been fertilised, and bearing numerous seed- 
pods. 3. Xalapensis, a really fine plant, about 2 feet 
high by 3 feet m diameter ; flower-stems 34 feet high. 
This species seeds very freely, for every flower has 
become a seed-pod. It is one of the finest green¬ 
leaved specimens of the Agave tribe. 4. Agave lo- 
phanta, one of the very finest and most esteemed 
species, but not common in the trade. The specimen 
™, qU fl Stl ° n WaS perha P s the finest known in commerce. 
1 he flower-stem measures quite 20 feet, and it has 
continued in flower for ten weeks. This does not set 
so freely, but yet, owing to the immense quantity of 
flowers, a certain quantity of good seeds may be 
reasonably expected. 5. Schidigera, an imported 
plant, 18 inches high by 16 inches diameter; 
flower-stems 3 feet high; very few s S ed-pods. 
o. Aylinacantha : a fine specimen of this species threw 
up flower-stems quite 7 feet high, and has now a great 
number of seed-pods. Be s ide the above Agaves two or 
three imported plants (trunks) of the very rare ©asy- 
lirim Hartwegianum (true) have flowered during the 
past season, but none of them have seeded. Several 
rare species of Agaves in my collection may be ex¬ 
pected to flower next year. Jean N. Verschaffelt, 
Ghent, Belgium % October 20. 
