AN INDEX TO CACTI AND OTHER SUCCULENTS. 



y^UEK^rG tlie last fe\v years Succulents have been far more extensively cultivated 



tLan formerly^ and seem to be still growing in popular favour — a fact wbicb is not 

 surprising to anyone acquainted witb the singularity of appearance of the plants, and 



the beauty of form and diversity and brilliancy of colour in their flowers. In addition 

 to these attractions Succulent Plants possess the great merit of being remarkably easy 

 of cultivation, while they are capable of enduring with impunity an amount of neglect 

 which would prove fatal to almost any other subjects. 



The lists here given comprise the best species in cultivation. The plants are 

 arranged according to their degrees of hardiness, but those classified as hardy will 

 be found to grow much better if a little protection is afforded them in winter. The 

 great majority of Succulents require cool-house treatment; indeed, most of the species 

 grown in stoves would probably thrive in a low^er temperature than that to which they 

 are usually subjected. 



plants, the reader is referred to the 



For general remarks on the culture of these 



article on ^^ Cactus,^' in Vol. I, 



The following arc the abbreviations used in the descriptions of the flowers : 



r 



br, brown; c, cream j g, green; mv, mauve; o, orange; ^, purple; p^ pink; r, red; sc, scented; v, violet; t/;, white; 

 y, yellow. 



HARDY.— Agave utahcnsis (y) ; Cotyledon Semper- 

 vivum (r) ; C. splnosa (y) ; C. Umbilicus (y) ; Euphorbia 

 Cyparissias (y) ; E. Myrsinites (?/) ; Opuntia Engelmanni 

 iy) ; O, Ficus-Tndica (y) ; 0. missouriensis (i/) ; O. 

 liafinesquii (j/) ; Sedum album (ic) ; S. anglicum {w or pi) ; 

 S. brevifolium (u-) ; S. glaucnm (puiv) ; S. lydium (pi) ; 

 S. pulchellum (pi.p) • s. reflexum (y) ; Sempervivum 

 arachnoidenm (r) ; S, arenarium (y) ; S. atlantlcum (r) ; 

 S. Boissieri (r) ; S. Braunii (r) ; S. calcaratum (r-w) ; S. 

 calcareum (r); S. fimbriatum (r) ; S. Funckii (r-p) ; S. 

 Heuffelii (y) ; S. Lamottei (pi); S. Moggridgei (r) ; S. 

 montanum^ (mv-p) ; S. PomelUi (pi.r) ; S. soboliferum (y) ; 

 S. Wulfeni (y) ; Yucca filamentosa flaccida (u-). 



COOL-HOUSE. — Adenium obesum (pur) ; Agave 

 americana (y-g) ; A. a. picta; A. attenuata (g-y); A, 

 Botterii (g-y) ; A. Celsiana (p^hr) ; A. Corderoyi ; A. da^y- 



Cool-house — conhntte^. 



lirioide3 (y) ; A. Beserti [y) ; A. Elemcetiana (y-g) ; A. 

 aiifera [g) ; A. hoteracantha ^7) ; A. Hookeri (iy) ; A- 

 lophantha (g) ; A. macracantha (g); A. Maximiliana ; A. 

 miradorensis ; A. prninosa ; A. Salmlana (g-y) ; A. 

 schidigera (^); A. Shawii (5-7/) ; A. striata (6r.^ outside, 

 y inside) ; A. VicfcoriiB Regina ; A. virginica {g-y) ; A. 

 "VVarrelliana ; A. xylacantha (9); Aloe abyssinica; A. 

 albispin.i (r); A. albocincta (r) ; A. arborescens W ; A. 

 Bainesii (2/.r) ; A. brevifolia (r) ; A. caesia (r) ; A. eihata 

 (r) ; A. Cooperi ; A. dicbotoma (r) ; A. distana (r) ; A. 

 glauca (r) ; A. Greenii (r) ; A, humilia (r) ; A. latifolia 

 (?/-r) ; A. lineata (r) ; A. macrocarpa (r) ; A. mitrfetormj:* 

 (r) ; A. nobilis (r) ; A. Perryi (g) ; A. saponana (r) ; A. 

 Schimperi (r) ; A. serratula (r) ; A. striatula (y) ; A. succo- 

 trina (r) ; A. tricolor (r) ; A. variegata (r) ; A. vera {y) ; 



^ 

 ^ 



