. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VI. SAJST FRANCISCO, MARCH, 1876. No. 3. YUCCA AND ALOE LILIES. BY DR. A. KELLOGG. These denizens of the sandy desert, and picturesque ornaments of the other- wise barren and almost inaccessible rocky crags, are at length, in some de- gree, as they ought, enlisting public at- tention. Let us view them first as aesthetic objects of interest or ornamen- tation, and. then consider briefly their claims in the lower region of every-day use, or in the gross. We have neither time nor space to
. The California horticulturist and floral magazine. Fruit-culture; Gardening. THE. AND FLORAL MAGAZINE. Vol. VI. SAJST FRANCISCO, MARCH, 1876. No. 3. YUCCA AND ALOE LILIES. BY DR. A. KELLOGG. These denizens of the sandy desert, and picturesque ornaments of the other- wise barren and almost inaccessible rocky crags, are at length, in some de- gree, as they ought, enlisting public at- tention. Let us view them first as aesthetic objects of interest or ornamen- tation, and. then consider briefly their claims in the lower region of every-day use, or in the gross. We have neither time nor space to dwell at length upon the merits of this stately, palm-like, and tropical looking vegetation. Suffice it to say, they furnish conspicuous and charming ornaments to rural retreats, absolutely requiring but little special care. Though grateful in growth and bounteous in blossom, like all things beneath the sun when wisely cherished and duly cared for, yet they may be al- ways deemed by nature the hardy sons of the desert. No burning sun bleach- es, nor drought destroys them; frosts and storms disturb not, the fierce winds fret not their rigid foliage. Trim as an outpost sentinel, they stand firm and true to the flag against the vandal sands of desert or sea-shore, or the driving Vol. VI.—6. dunes that threaten to bury all things beneath the billows of desolation. These '' Bayonet " plants are the nat- ural advance picket-guards of civiliza- tion and settlement; shelterers, reform- ers, and pioneers, prophetic of the syl- van scenery of the landscape that is to follow their footsteps; they are the charmed harmonizers and mediators be- tween such scenery, through and side by side with Sedums and Cacti, to the more delicate and tender floral decora- tions of lawns and gardens. They de- light in the glare of sunshine. They seem at home camped on any soil; they only ask an open and fair field for their arms ; they will also defy dust and smoke, and dwell in cities, or along the
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