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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . p. 397. 1880.— Said to be common, with several potatdrum, Zucc, may be only a form of the above. 12. Utahfensis, Engelm. Stemless : lvs. sword-like, 1ft. or less long, thick and rigid, the sharp tip-spine aninch long, the margin with triangular teeth, glaucous:
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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . p. 397. 1880.— Said to be common, with several potatdrum, Zucc, may be only a form of the above. 12. Utahfensis, Engelm. Stemless : lvs. sword-like, 1ft. or less long, thick and rigid, the sharp tip-spine aninch long, the margin with triangular teeth, glaucous:fl. an inch long. Utah and Ariz. BB. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike; fls. usu-ally borne in twos. (Littcfa.)c. Margins of lvs. not toothed. D. Lvs, linear, stiff, smooth, tcith the margins splittingoff into fine threads. 13. {ilifera, Salm-Dyck. Plant small, compact, about 1 ft. in diam.: lvs. about 100, linear, stiff, 9 or 10 in. indiam., light green in color, with a very pungent tip: fl. 2 in. long, brownish: stalk 5-8 ft. long. Mex. : 167. 7: species are oftenfound in collections un-der this name. 14. flchidigera, similar to theabove, but with some-what broader lvs. andthe margin splitting offinto white ribbons. in 47. Agave attenuata. 15. vestita, Watson, also of the type of A. filifera, is avery recently described and introduced species. bronzy than that species. Mex. table lands, :609. —It deserves a place in any large Agave col-lection. 16. gemlnifldra, Ker-Gawl. {Bonapdrtea juncea^Haw.). Lvs. often 200-300, narrowly linear, somewhatrecurved, 1/^-2 ft. lonj;, somewhat convex on bothsides: Hower stalk sometimes 25 ft. long. Mexico,whereit grows commonly along streams. 1145. 7,p. 6.— Very common. 17. TAylori, Hort. A garden hybrid of A. ge mini floraand A. densiflora is often seen in cult. Mn. 7 II. 8:621. 18. Sch6ttil, Engelm. (A. gemniflbra var
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