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not a very pretty plant, is something of a geographical curiosity, it 
being the first species of the genus Antirrhinum which has yet been 
found certainly wild in the New World. The specimens of A. 
orontium that have been met with in the United States are believed 
to have been introduced from Europe. 
Seeds of it were sent to the Horticultural Society from California 
by Mr. Douglas. The flowers were first produced in 1815; they 
appear in August and September, and continue to open till the frosts 
come. The species is quite a hardy annual, and will grow in any soil; 
it ripens its seeds freely. 
7. Yucca draconis. Dragon-tree-leaved Adam’s Needle. What 
may be species, and what varieties, in this noble genus, it is, in the 
present state of botanical information, impossible to say; there is, how¬ 
ever, but little doubt that the two plants which form the subject of 
the plates are really distinct. 
“ This, which I presume,” says Dr. Lindley, “is the Yucca dra¬ 
conis of Haworth and Elliot, at least, whatever it may be of others, 
is one of the most stately of the genus; it grows along the sea-shore of 
Carolina, frequently mixed with Y. gloriosa, and flowers from May to 
August; it sometimes grows as much as nine or ten feet high. The 
great peculiarity by which it is distinguished is the spreading flowers, 
whose segments, instead of remaining closed in a globose manner, as in 
most others, expand till they diverge from the flower-stalk at nearly a 
right angle. 
In the nursery of the Messrs. Backhouse, of York, it stands and 
flowers well in the open air, along with Y. rufocinata, recurvifolia, 
glaucescens, Jilamentosa, and others. In the garden of the Horticul¬ 
tural Society no weather seems to hurt them. 
8. Yucca jlaccida. Weak-leaved Adam’s Needle. Of this the 
native country is unknown. It was first noticed in the garden of Mr. 
Vere, of Kensington Gore, where it had been probably raised from 
North American seed. It is a pretty and apparently distinct species, 
well marked by its thread-edged scabrous leaves, pallid flowers, and 
stemless habit. 
The plant is a hardy evergeen perennial; its flowers are over by the 
middle of August, and it is easily propagated by offsets. Dr. Lindley 
thinks the whole tribe are maritime plants, delighting in a loose sandy 
soil, and recommends them to be cultivated near the sea-coast 
Sweet’s British Flower-Garden, continued by Professor Don. 
The September number contains : — 
1. Allium siculum. Sicilian Garlic. This, like the rest of the 
