TICL E. [March 24, 1883. 
PLANT NOTES. 
Agaves. —Some Agaves in the Zoological Gardens 
at Rotterdam indulge in curious freaks. An A.. 
Haseloffi of Jacobi sends out a lateral scape, an A. 
Bouchei does the same, having apparently formed a 
new heart before throwing up a scape, instead of 
doing so after flowering. About a year ago an A. 
utahensis, with a short bare stem, threw up two 
minute ramified scapes from below the leaves, one of 
which bore several well-formed flowers. Amongst 
others that behaved in an orderly way was an A. 
splendens of Jacobi, the only specimen in the coun¬ 
try, which flowered last year and seeded well, more 
than 300 young plants having been raised. W % 
