AGLAOMORPHA. 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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roots, causing them to rot. The soil should 
consist of ordinary loam, with a moderate 
quantity of sand added, and brick rubbish, 
broken small for young plants, and used in 
a larger condition as the plants get older. 
Keep the soil slightly moist, not more, 
until roots are formed, when more water 
may be given. The after treatment is so 
simple that nothing further is required, 
except to give larger pots as the plants in- 
crease in size and give evidence of requir- 
ing more root-room ; in all cases the pots 
should be proportionate with the larger or 
smaller species cultivated. To do justice 
to the green-leaved or type species of A. 
americana, they should, when the plants 
approach their full size, have a box from 3 
to 4 feet in diameter, by 23 feet deep. 
Many of the small species, such, for in- 
stance, as the different forms of A. filifera, 
do not require, even when full grown, pots 
above 8 or 10 inches in diameter. In the 
growing season the plants should have 
plenty of light and air, so as to keep the 
leaves from being drawn weak and flabby ; 
this is especially necessary with the longer 
leaved kinds. Spring is the best time to 
repot, and afterwards for some weeks 
ive no more water than just enough to 
eep the soil in a healthy condition ; when 
growth has fairly begun more may be used. 
As they cease growing in the autumn, 
reduce the water, keeping the soil only a 
little moist through the winter. Most of 
the species will succeed in a greenhouse 
temperature, hut make more progress in 
an intermediate heat, say from 45° to 50° 
in the night, with a little more by day in 
winter, and in summer 60° in the night, 
with from 70° to 90° by day, according to 
the weather. Nearly all the species are 
indigenous to South America or adjacent 
arts. ; 
The following are distinct and hand- 
some kinds :— 
A. americana. The largest species, 
requiring much the most room when it has 
attained anything like full size. 
amerwcana aurea variegata. 
deep rich yellow variegation. 
A. applanata. Leaves broad and short, 
armed with brown spines. 
A. Besseriana amena. A miniature 
species ; leaves yellowish white, with dark 
spines. 
A. dealbata. A strong-growing kind, 
with long narrow leaves, recurving as they 
get older. 
A. De Smetiana. A rare species ; leaves 
ovate, green, armed with reflexed spines. 
A. filifera. A compact-growing species; 
leaves 10 or 12 inches long, with white 
filaments, strong spines at the apex. 
Has 
A. filamentosa. This grows to a 
medium size, has longish narrow leaves 
with a strong spine at the end, colour green, 
clothed with long filaments. 
A. Ghiesbreghtw. A handsome kind, 
with dark green leaves, armed on the edges 
with formidable spines. 
A. horrida. A very strong short- 
leaved species, green in colour, bearing 
immensely strong spines on the edge and 
apex. 
A. Humboldtiana. 
stout-leaved species, 
A. Jacquimana. A large strong-grow- 
ing species ; leaves from 3 to 4 feet long, 
of a bluish green colour, spined on the 
edges and apex. 
A. Kellockw. A stout-growing sort; 
leaves nearly 4 feet long, by 3 inches wide, 
glaucous, with a strong black spine at the 
extremities. 
A. Kerchovet. A medium-growing kind ; 
leaves pale green, still paler in the centre. 
A. Leopold. A compact-habited plant, 
with short pale green leaves, spined on the 
edges and apex. 
A. macrantha. A small-growing kind, 
with short glaucous leaves, spined on the 
edges. 
A. puta. A slender-habited sort; 
leaves 3 feet long, by 2 or 3 inches wide, 
white on the edges, green in the middle. 
A. rigida. A large-growing variety, 
with very long narrow leaves, deep green 
in colour. 
A. Saunders. A medium-growing 
kind ; leaves stout and glaucous, armed on 
the edges and points with stout spines., 
A. schidigera. A small-growing com- 
pact-habited kind ; leaves 10 inches to a 
foot long, green banded with white, with 
white filaments. 
A. Taylorw. A comparatively small 
grower ; leaves a foot long, green in colour, 
strong spines at the apex. 
A, unwitiata. A medium-growing 
kind, with moderately stout leaves, deep 
green, paler in the centre, armed with 
strong spines. 
A. Verschaffeltit. A short thick-leaved 
species ; leaves pale green, heavily spined 
on the edges and extremities. 
A. yuccefolia. Of moderate growth ; 
leaves narrow, with small spines on the 
edges. 
InsEcts.—Agaves are not much subject 
to the attacks of insects; if any affect 
them, sponging is the best remedy. 
AGLAOMORPHA MEYENIANA. 
The only known species included in the 
genus. A distinct-looking stove Fern from 
the Phillippine Islands. 
A large-growing, 
