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AGAVES, DRACAENAS, ETC. 
A GROUP of trees and plants of very tropical appearance. The Dracaenas (Cordyline) are 
the only ones making real trees. The others are plants of low growth, throwing up elongated 
flower stalks. 
AGAVE 
Plants usually without any trunk, but with tall 
flower stalks. Leaves fleshy, bearing spines on 
margins and at tips. 
A. americana. CENTURY PLANT. Tropical 
America. The well-known “Century Plant.” Reaves 
are bluish pray. Has an enormous flower stalk, 
often over twenty feet tall, panicled toward top. 
Dies after blooming. (See cut on cover.) 
A. americana variegata. Variety of preceding 
with two forms. Habit the same, but loaves are 
either green with broad, yellow margins or very 
glaucous with creamy margins. Very striking. 
A. atrovirens. Reaves stout, dull green, standing 
almost erect, curving outward toward end. but the 
long, terminal spine stands vertical. Margins have 
stout teeth. Ultimately becomes a very large 
plant. 
A. caerulescens. Compact and dwarf. Reaves 
one or two feet long and very slender; quite glau¬ 
cous or blue. Margins armed with short, gray 
spines. Excellent for small space. 
A. ferox. Reaves extremely broad in proportion 
to length and very stout, dark green, sometimes 
glaucous. Marginal and terminal spines are stout 
and dull red. Unique and striking. 
A. potatorum. Very similar to A. atrovirens. 
Reaves slightly broader, with long, tapering point; 
dull glaucous green. From this species the Mexi¬ 
cans obtain Pulque. 
A. stricta (Bonapartea hystrix). Interesting little 
plant, growing a foot or two tall, with triangular, 
fleshy, sage green leaves. Throws up a slender 
(lower stalk about 8 ft. tall. 
A. stricta glauca (Bonapartea hystrix glauca). 
Identical except that leaves are very silvery. 
CORDYLINE (Dracaena) 
C. australis (Dracaena australis; D. indivisa). 
New Zealand. .'10 ft. Tropical looking trees with 
sword-shaped leaves and very large panicles of 
white (lowers. Often called “Dracaena Palm,” 
which is incorrect, as they art* far from Palms and 
really closely related to the Rilies, as the flowers 
will show. Next to the Palms, they are probably 
our most tropical looking trees. 
This runs into forms with broad and narrow 
leaves. The former usually branches lower and 
does not make so tall a tree as the latter, which 
usually makes a very tall, slender trunk. When 
ordering, it is best to specify which form is pre¬ 
ferred. 
Cordyline australis. Dracaena 
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