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E. persolufa with white and E. hyemails with pink and white 

 flowers. The last-named is probably a form of E. perspicua. 

 The yellow-flowered E. Cavendishiana and E. Wilmoreana with 

 pink-tipped, white flowers, are of hybrid origin. The first Cape 

 Heaths introduced into cultivation were E. marifolia and E. con- 

 cinna, seeds of which were received at Kew in 1773. 



Succulent plants are usually looked upon as the curiosities of 

 the vegetable world. The modification of leaves and stems, 

 whereby they serve as reservoirs largely for the storage of water, 

 and the peculiar external tissues which aid in this conservation, give 

 them a remarkable appearance. The two great regions of the 

 world of succulents are Mexico with the adjacent southwestern 

 United States and South Africa. Each has its own types bu*" 

 superficially they look much alike. The Cacti and Agaves ot 

 America have Euphorbias and Aloes with their relatives as their 

 South African analogues. The species of Aloe are legion. A 

 majority of them are low plants of one or few unbranched stems, 

 many form an assemblage of stems, and may be termed 

 bushes, a few like A. ciliaris are scandent and several are 

 tall trees. Their leaves are brittle and easily broken and are 

 filled with sap containing a bitter principle; they are usually 

 armed along the margin and often curiously mottled and barred. 

 All have orange to scarlet flowers which are produced in 

 great profusion and the South African Aloes in bloom are one of 

 the floral sights of the world. The giants of the family are A. 

 Bainesii and A. dichotoma, which have branching stems and are 

 often from thirty to forty feet tall. A good many species are in 

 cultivation and those who garden in the warm, dry spots of this 

 country would be well advised to add increasingly these plants to 

 their collections. Where the climate is to their liking they require 

 little or no attention. 



And what shall be said of the Cape bulbs? The variety is very 

 great and their garden value of immense importance. To the 

 Cape we owe our Freesias, Nerines, Vallotas, Ixias, Lachenalias. 

 Watsonias, Sparaxis and Babianas ; also the lesser-known Hae- 

 manthus, Buphane, Brunsvigia, Albuca, Cyrtanthus, Antholyza 

 and others ; the well-known Crinum capcnsc, Ornithogalum thyr- 

 soides, Galtonia candicans, the superb Belladonna Lilly, and, to cut 



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