Sanseveiia Lauventi 
The Agave was introduced into the United 
States from Campeche, Mexico, by Dr. Henry Per- 
rine, in 1834. Plantings were made at Cocoanut 
Grove and on Indian Key in southern Florida. 
There are several specie of the Agave. Some of them 
are grown for both commercial and ornamental use, 
while others are grown for ornamental use only. 
Agave Sisilina 
Agave Sisilina grown extensively for the fiber 
it contains, as well as for ornamental use, has been 
greatly misrepresented by unscrupulous agents who 
would purchase these plants in quantities of from 50 
to 200 and go from bouse to house throughout 
different states making the claim that these plants 
were from the vallev of the Jordan, in Palestine. 
At times they would claim they were Lilies. Of¬ 
ten they would rub scented oils on the plants, claim¬ 
ing that when the plant flowered, it would give off 
a similar perfume. These people would charge from 
$1 to $3 for these plants—just for a single plant 
