. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SPANISH DAGGER, OR YUCCA ALOIFOLIA. TURKEY'S BEARD. Turkey's geard, op XeroP^ylliin> AsP^°deloides. A plant of much beauty, and one which should be universally grown. It delights in a rather moist soil, and pro- duces a tuft of long grass-like foliage which is evergreen and very pretty. It blooms in June, throwing up tall spikes which are capped by racemes of lovely creamy-white blooms. It is perfectly hardy and flowers freely every year, one clump having
. Catalogue of rare Florida flowers and fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. SPANISH DAGGER, OR YUCCA ALOIFOLIA. TURKEY'S BEARD. Turkey's geard, op XeroP^ylliin> AsP^°deloides. A plant of much beauty, and one which should be universally grown. It delights in a rather moist soil, and pro- duces a tuft of long grass-like foliage which is evergreen and very pretty. It blooms in June, throwing up tall spikes which are capped by racemes of lovely creamy-white blooms. It is perfectly hardy and flowers freely every year, one clump having been known to send up in one season as many as ten stems, each bearing a fine raceme of flowers. The London Garden of June 34th, says .-"Two splendid masses of Xerophyllum were exhibited by Lord Walsingham, of Morton Hall, at the recent Royal Botanic Show, and were the prettiest things there among hardy plants. It is like an Asphodel in habit, and very beautiful when forming a tuft of grassy leaves, from which rises up a stem from 1 to 3 feet high, terminated by a dense raceme of creamy white ; Nice mailing plants, 15c. each, 3 for 35c, 6 for 60c., 12 for $ Ganpa Flaccida. A native Florida Canna with flowers so large and lovely that no varieties in cultivation can compare with it in delicate beauty, not even the magnificent French Cannas which have created such a sensation for the past season or two. Its blossoms are from a rich golden yellow to a pale straw color, are over two inches in diameter the narrowest way and five or more inches the widest way. The petals are very delicate, with edges beautifully crimped, the blossom resembling the Iris flower in shape and appearnce more than a Canna. The plant is dwarf in height—from two to four feet—but grows vigorously and blooms profusely all summer. It is especially valua- ble as a foreground in groups and beds of tall growing Cannas, Kicinus, etc. It seems content in any soil, but, like all Cannas, wi
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