| | |woolly, whilst there are
| | |also purpureum, with
| | |purplish leaves, and a
| | |variegated variety, but
| | |neither is of value.
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[Illustration: _YUCCA GLORIOSA IN A SURREY GARDEN. (Height 15 feet.)_]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME. | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
*Xanthoceras |North China |White; |A beautiful tree, but
sorbifolia | |stained |seldom seen in English
| |with red |gardens. The following note
| |in the |appeared in _The Garden_
| |centre; |about it: "This tree does
| |Spring |not appear to be widely
| | |grown, and I have heard
| | |doubts expressed as to its
| | |being hardy enough to stand
| | |the winter in some
| | |districts. Not long ago I
| | |saw a fine specimen in a
| | |Kentish rectory garden. The
| | |tree is 5 feet or 6 feet
| | |high, and under the shelter
| | |of a thick hedge of
| | |Laurustinus it flowers
| | |freely every year, and also
| | |produces fruit. The long
| | |white and slightly tinted
| | |blooms, which change to
| | |purple, are very effective,