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flowers yellow. A. grandi flora, flowers clear yellow. A. 

 Schottii, flowers orange yellow, in July. 



ALLIUM. Garlic. [Liliaceoe.] Hardy bulbs. Good 

 loamy soil. Propagated by offsets. 



ALLOSORUS. Rock Brake. [Polypodiaceae.] A 

 pretty little tufted parsley-like hardy fern, growing naturally 

 on rocks, and therefore well adapted for rockwork, called A. 

 crispus. 



ALMOND. See Amtgdalus. 



ALOE. [Liliaceae.] Curious succulent greenhouse plants, 

 many of them handsome ; greatly varied in their habit, as 

 well as in the colour of their flowers, which all come in 

 spikes, the blooms being tubular. Some have the leaves 

 variegated, some all over spines, others covered with pearly 

 skins, some rough, others smooth, but all highly interesting. 

 Soil, loam and leaf-mould in equal parts, mixed with sand, or 

 pounded brick, or granulated charcoal, in the proportion of 

 one-sixth. The pots must be one-third filled with crocks for 

 drainage. Propagated by suckers or offshoots, which should 

 be taken off while young, to prevent their weakening the 

 parent, unless, as in the case of the tufted- growing sorts, 

 they are grown to fill a pot. The suckers must be put into 

 small pots, and shifted from time to time. The plants should 

 have very little water in winter. The species are numerous. 

 We select a few of the most distinct. (See also Apicra, 

 Haworthia, and Gasteria.) A. acuminata, flow^ers orange 

 red, in June. A. alho-cincta, flowers orange-coloured, in 

 June. A. gtauca, flowers red, in June. A. saponaria, flow-ers 

 red, in July. A. suherecta, flowers red, in April. A. 

 varier/ata, flowers salmon-coloured, in May. 



ALONSOA. [Scrophulariacese.] Greenhouse or half- 

 hardy evergreen sub-shrubs, with pretty scarlet flowers. 

 Soil, sandy loam and leaf-mould, equal parts. Propagated by 

 seeds sown in March in a hotbed, the seedlings pricked out 

 when large enough, and by the end of April potted separately 

 into small pots, and then hardened off in cold frames for 

 planting out. Cuttings planted in sandy soil, and put in a 

 hotbed in spring, should be treated in the same way as soon 

 as they are rooted : during summer they will root freely under 

 a hand-glass on a shady border. For pot blooming, strong 



