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ECHEVERIA Scheerii. 
Mr. Scheer’s Echeveria. 
DECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CRASSULACEZ. 
ECHEVERIA, Supra vol. 24, fol. 1837. 
E. Scheerii; caulescens, foliis ovalibus acutis in petiolum planum elongatis, 
floribus racemoso-paniculatis, racemis nutantibus, sepalis linearibus 
acutis corolla brevioribus altero sæpiùs majore. 
Although this is by no means so handsome a species as 
some of those already published in this work, it is far from 
being unworthy of cultivation. Its leaves are large and 
glaucous, and its flowers, notwithstanding their dingy colour, 
are abundant, tolerably large, and gracefully arranged. 
For its introduction the public is indebted to Frederick 
Scheer, Esq. of Kew, a zealous collector of succulent plants, 
and whose name it will henceforward bear. It is a native of 
Mexico, whence seeds were received by that gentleman, and 
presented to the Horticultural Society in September, 1842. 
It flowers in the winter. 
Like the rest of the genus it is a greenhouse plant, which 
should be potted in peat loam and silver sand in equal pro- 
portions. During the summer water should only be given 
every two or three days, for if too much is given the roots 
will damp off. From the end of October to the beginning of 
February very little water will be required, but air at all 
times when the weather is favourable. Fire heat is not 
necessary, except to keep off damp and frost. It is easily 
propagated either from seeds sown in the usual way, or from 
leaves laid on the surface of the soil. 
Such leaves offer an interesting illustration of the manner 
in which the races of plants can be maintained by the agency 
of the foliage alone, even although accident prevents the for- 
mation of seeds. 
