. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. iM-jCCpI'. 1 gucta filamentosa. Natural Order: Liliacea: — Lily % GRASS is a common svnonvm for Yucca, the alDoriginal n line of this plant, which compares not unfavorably with lie Aloe among foliage plants. The leaves are stiff and ^ sliarp-pointed, forming a mass some two or three feet broad, *:v and even more in old plants. There are six or seven species Vj^jO'Q or individual plants, differing somewhat in their style of f, foliage, vet with a strong similarity noticeable in them all. Tlic\ do not bloom until qu
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. iM-jCCpI'. 1 gucta filamentosa. Natural Order: Liliacea: — Lily % GRASS is a common svnonvm for Yucca, the alDoriginal n line of this plant, which compares not unfavorably with lie Aloe among foliage plants. The leaves are stiff and ^ sliarp-pointed, forming a mass some two or three feet broad, *:v and even more in old plants. There are six or seven species Vj^jO'Q or individual plants, differing somewhat in their style of f, foliage, vet with a strong similarity noticeable in them all. Tlic\ do not bloom until quite large, when a tall stem rises from the enter, from three to four feet high,' sometimes producing from "two o four hundred bell-shaped ; All the species are natives of the Southern States, and each and all make a fine and imposing appear- f^jki* ance in the garden or on the lawn. The Yucca filamentosa has long threads trailing from the margins of the sharp-pointed leaves, whence sometimes called Adam and Eve's Needle and Thread. >lf;ijrili A MAX in authority A candle in the w Or blown out than unc A JOT tVom gray hairs a ^ ' Nor from bald heads, : iithority doth flow, lor from a wrinkled brow; But our past life, when yirtuously spent, Must to our age those happy fruits present. ' ami Fletcher. H";:: doth not nicely prank nquant pomp, as some of meanest rank. But armed in steel; that bright habiliment Is his rich yalor's sole rich ornament. - Joshua Sylvester. i TJENCEFORTH in my name Take courage, O thou woman ! man, take hope! Your graves shall be as smooth as Eden's sward. Beneath the steps of your prospective thoughts; And one step past them, a new Eden gate Shall open on a hinge of harmony. And let you through to mercy. Ye shall fall Xo more, within that Eden, nor pass out Any more from it. Live and love,— Doing both nobly, because lowlily! Live and work,— strongly, because patiently! —^frs. Brov.'nmg. 325 J ^^. Please note that these im
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