ALOE. 
ALOYSIA. 
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of a e leam, mixed with a litle 
lime-rubbish or gravel. 
when the plants are wanted to at- 
tain a large size, may be added a 
little leaf-mould. When grown in 
rooms, the poor soil is, however, 
preferable, as it keeps the plants of 
a smaller and more manageable 
size, and makes them less easily af. | 
fected by changes of the tempera- 
ture, and of heat and dryness. The 
coleurs of the flowers will also be 
richer when the plants are grown 
in poor scil. ‘The drug called aloes 
is made principally from the pulp | 
of the fleshy leaf of the Aloe Soc- | 
votrina, the flowers of which are | 
red, tipped with green: but it is al- 
so made from several other species. 
A. vulgaris, sometimes called A. 
barbadénsis, has 
flowers; and the Partridge-breast 
Aloe, A. variegita, has variegated | 
leaves. All the kinds should be 
frequently watered when they are 
orange-yellow | 
To this, | 
shallow, in a pot of sandy soil, and 
giving it very little water. In the 
course of a few months, one or sey- 
in a growing state and abcut to} 
flower; but the water that runs 
through the mould in the pot should 
always be poured directly out of the 
saucer; as if water be allowed to 
remain ina stagnant state about 
the roots, the leaves will rot and 
drop off. It is to prevent water 
lodging round the crown of the 
plant, which would produce the 
same eifect, that gravel or lime rub- 
bish should always be mixed with 
the soil. When the plants have 
done flowering, water should be 
given to them very sparingly, not 
oftener than once a month; and 
they should be kept ina dry, warm 
situation, where they will have 
plenty of light; as in this respect 
also they differ from the Agave, 
which may be kept during the win- 
ter almost in darkness. ‘The Aloe 
is generally propagated by offsets 
or suckers ; but in some instances it 
may be increased by stripping off a 
leaf, letting it dry for a day or two, 
and afterwards planting it, quite 
eral buds will be found formed at 
the base of the leaf, and roots being 
thrown down from the same point, 
a new plant will be produced. 
Atonso‘a. — Scrophularinee. — 
The Mask-flower.—The species are 
low under-shrubs, or herbaceous 
plants, natives of Peru; and two 
of them, A. incisifolia, R. et P., and 
A. linearis, H. K., formerly known 
as Celsia, afierwards as Hemi- 
meris urticifolia, &c., are very or- 
namental either in the greenhouse, 
or grown as annuals in the open 
border during summer. They thrive 
well in any light rich scil, and are 
readily inereased by seeds or cut- 
tings. They are very desirable for 
flower-gardens, on account of the 
brilliant scarlet of their flowers ; and 
where there is no greenhouse, the 
plants should be raised from seeds, 
sown on a hotbed in February, er 
struck from cuttings early in spring, 
and brought forward in a frame or 
pit, and turned out into the open 
airin May. When kept in a green- 
house they should always be set 
out in the open air when the other 
plants are fumigated, as they are 
easily killed by tobacco-smoke, or 
any other strongly-smelling vapour. 
They are also very apt to rot, or 
damp off, as it is called, at the col- 
lar, if they have too much moisture, 
though ihe roots soon become dried 
up and withered if they have too 
little. Though the stems of some 
of the species are quite woody at 
the base, they seldom live, even 
with the greatest care, longer than 
two or three years. 
Axo’ysia. — Verbendcee. — The 
only species of this genus known 
in Britain is A. citriodéra, a native 
of South America, formeriy called 
Verbéna triphylla, or the Lemon- 
scented Verbena. Itis a half-hardy 
shrub, with panicles of small pink- 
