. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Flowers of Agave attenuata. 30. ilbicana, Jacobi. Stemless: lvs. about 30, in a dense cluster, 15 in. or so long, 3-3Kin. wide, tapering to a weak spine, glaucous on both sides, the margin lined with small black teeth: spike of fls. about 15 in. long ; fls. yellowish. Mex. 7207. II. 8 is one
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. Flowers of Agave attenuata. 30. ilbicana, Jacobi. Stemless: lvs. about 30, in a dense cluster, 15 in. or so long, 3-3Kin. wide, tapering to a weak spine, glaucous on both sides, the margin lined with small black teeth: spike of fls. about 15 in. long ; fls. yellowish. Mex. 7207. II. 8 is one of the smaller Agaves. It does not die down after flowering. A form with variegated lvs. 31. C61aii,Hook.(, Jacobi). Stemless: lvs. 20-30, oblong-spatulate, 2 ft. or less long, not strongly spine-tipped, the marginal lanceolate spines unequal, glaucous: fls. 2 in. or less long, purplish, green, the tube very short. Mex. 4934. 32. densi!16ra. Hook. Stemless: lvs. 30-40, ohlanceo- late-spatulate, 3 ft. or less long, glaucous when young but becoming green, the end-spine Kin. long, the mar- ginal deltoid prickles 1 line or less long : fls. 2 in. or less long, greenish brown. Mex. 5006. 33. mltis, Salm-Dyck. Short-stemmed: lvs. 30, obian- ceolate, 15 in. or less long, 3 in. at broadest part, tip- spine weak, the teeth very small and green or only ob- scurely brown-tipped, green : fls. 2 in. long. Mex.—^. micracdntha, Salm-Dyck, is very similar. EE. IjVS. very narrow, weak, the surface mostly ribbed : the margin minutely serr^tlate 34. striata, Zucc. Stemless or nearly so: lvs. 150-200, linear from a wide base, 2Kft. or less long, scabrous on the edge, sharp-tipped, glaucous-green, and ribbed on both surf aces: fl. IKin. long, brown-green. Mex. 4950. Cult, under several forms, as var. reciirva. Baker. Lvs. larger and more falcate, not sharp-tipped. Var. stricta, Baker {A. stricta, Salm-Dyck). Dwarf: lvs. very stiff, 1 ft. long. Var. echinoides, Baker {A. e
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