Yew. See [Taxus].

Yucca (Adam’s Needle, Bear’s Grass, Spanish Bayonet). Liliaceæ.

Increased by seeds; and by divisions, which may be planted in the open ground, or by pieces of thick, fleshy roots, cut into lengths, and inserted in sandy soil, in heat.

Yulan. See [Magnolia].

Zamia. Cycadaceæ.

Division of the crowns when possible; or by seeds and suckers. The plants are oftenest imported directly from the tropics.

Zanthorhiza. See [Xanthorhiza].

Zanthoxylum (Prickly Ash). Rutaceæ.

Seeds, suckers, but more often by root-cuttings.