, Taceme loose, pow Chae S šin. to 4in. ongy nee. 
be ` cending, three r lines long ; scape 1}f 
-panicle deltoid. J. twelve to oe: in| 
to 6in. long, 1}in. to 2in 
* k x f 
pS r > ià Ka 
Eec AN Enoy * OPÆDIA “OF E xa BB 
é eee — MEF ai ai p gere A (p ribitive name, Tiia spenapoied 
biome raa e | Sonus ta wt rely ma 
ong, ar rta ae p 
e rosette, lanceo! ie 
ad ¢ ao he slowly narrow- | 
ing from below the middle to apex ; middle five to six lines. 
; at ick ; back wounds: face slightly swollen; copiously. spotted, not 
~ dined ; marginal prickles close, spreading, abeut one. pine long. 
Stem short, simple, “South. Africa, 1875, 
A. variegata ( fated). fl., periant 
- sixteen lines fong? raceme, simple, loose, 3 
a abot it Zin. in diameter + pedicels. three to four lines long ; scape 
simple, tapering, 6in. to 8in. Z. close, er patent, lanceolate, « 
4in, to 5in. long, lin. broad; face concave back keeled, “bright .. 
2 Soe copiqualy wah ahs grey on both „sides ; margin whitish, 
i 
“reddish; fifteen to 
in. to 4in, long and 
tota 
wat 
‘ee cottage wi indosi 
’ 
‘ “IG. él. A “ALOE VERA. S 
Ras PN étrue).* fi, perianth yellow, éylindrical, tin’ to lin, tele | 
= _ raceme dense, bin. to 12in. long ; scape strong, 2ft. to Sft. long, simple, 
or branched. J. ensiform, “dense, ageregate, 2i. to 4in. broad, 
wing from the base to apex, pale green ; middle about lin. 
3 face channelled above the base; marginal prickles sub- >l 
deltoid, horny. Stem rately more than ft. or 2ft, 1596. 
barbadensis, A: vulgaris, See Fig. 61 
wait (common), Synonymous with A. vert. E 
formis ntha (yellow-spined).. A mere form of A, mitræ- 
EER sig Daedra migi * 
; om a, not; and loma, a fringe 
Composite. Allied to ge). 
hardy evergreen p 
may be propagated 
A. 
ORD. 
nt. Grows freely i in sandy loam. 
5 Seta 2 as me 
This is ja ae aa so < N ‘ 
|> L ovate, acute, se 
i = pa eyes; 
“long, transfer into io "rieh sandy soil, | 
smaller than those t} 
full of roots, transfer to those that are to hold the; 
the season. By this mode of culture, good plan 
dto Eupatoria. An omamental o e pommer train 
shrubs closely allied to Nolana, but differing principally : 
having several ovaries from one to six-celled, whereas 
Nolana has five four-celled_-ovaries. Le 
stems woody. They require ordinary gre 
ina peat and loam compost. „Cutting root freely in'sandy 
loam, with a very gentle bottom heat, in about a fortnight. 
penei © s lue, large, axillary, soli 
Bp fs te e eeng Ja pale blae, Jary Jarga, axit plnee en 
‘glabrous. h. 2ft. Chili, 1843. This pret jes is an excelle: 
one for growing out-of-doors during summer months. 
ALONSOA. (in honour of Z: Alonso, formerly Spanish 
| «secretary for Santa? Fe de ig ey ORD. Scrophulariacee. 
A genus of very prétty half-hardy shrubs, herbaceous 
‚perennials, or annuals, with axillaty, sub-racemose flowers, 
„which are parin en D - o five-cleft limb, 
bernat 3 wilk grow freely 
* August or ‘Mave, y soil in 
- gentle heat, or by seeds c mbacoous 
| species. ‘may be datod as pe e i, ; and 
` should be raised in alittle heat, and planted out t eaply i in a Mog. 
A. albiflora white-flo red jl. pure white, with we 
aia waa A x h. lft. to 2it. Mexico, STT. 
is recomm mote , asin Porm ry i 
vide a succession of flow ghout theautumn and i i pee 
A. caulialata (iig stenta: jl. scarlet, racemose, June. 
“Stems and branches quadrangular, 
winged. h. lft. Pern 1823, Half-hardy, herbaceous. 
A. Lame p rad (cut-leaved).* jl. É; pecuncies long, alternate, 
_ disposed in terminal racemes. ery: Octdber. l. 0 pposie; ovate, 
~ acute, t ralig toothed, or serrate. h. lft. to ae Chili, 1795. 
Glabrous greenhouse shrub, Syn. Hemimeris urticifolia. 
A. linearis (linear-leaved), fi. scarlet, with a dark bottom, like 
most of the species. May to October. 7. opposite, or three in a 
‘whorl, linear, entire, or emotély a gee je young leaves 
_ fascicled in the axils of the old `o 3 to 2ft. Pom 1790. 
» Greenhouse shrub, SYN. ae ris coccinea. Swe Oe 
A. linifolia (flax-leaved).*,, sc et, Te Lit. to 1ft. ‘New Hol- 
land, This is an el e ann ‘ai i b 
eful, and ve e ai only 
pir culture. 7 b,c 
r 
pretty species, 
ALOYSIA (in Hidnoar of aria 
Ferdinand VII., King of T 
"his rex ies a allied to Verbena, 
whic ers. * A greenhouse. deciduous 
e me and graceful habit. The 
: i exe ure is to obtain well-grown 
5 it and grow them on f6# the 
se pana e less water until they are 
vi TE when it. matte nearly withheld. About the end of 
the light and warmth, and jater 
zon as the plants break, cut back to Shree 
en thé young 
“pots a size or two 
Aloysias form 
maintained for any length of time. 
er a cold, greenhouse, or 
lent: pillar subjects for eithe: 
doors, in which - latter situa 
well, but require thorough aiina 0 
or mats, from Notember until Mare! CA 
night, until d ersfrom ; re frosts passe ey 
a i es en in being con- 
““tinually cut off for the man Gf doougation to 
+ which they are applied, and Riss as 
_ adapted. . They are easily inci d ragla A young Game 
` spring, which shi 
heat, 
ves ree pi 
ouse treatm 
ts are about an inch 
ley were n bita. When the pots : aro i 
