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decorative use is well known, and its culture very easy. ‘There 
are, however, a few smaller species of the same genus that de- 
serve a trial for the sake of their neat habit. Among these 
suffice it to mention: A. filifera, with long pointed leaves. A. 
Roezliana, with a rosette of comparatively short leaves. A. Vic- 
torie Regine and A. Yucceefolia. 
Othonna crassifolia is a curious plant of the composite fam- 
ily, with cylindrical, fleshy leaves of a glaucous color, and 
small yellow flowers on long, slender petioles. The stems are 
trailing, almost thread-like. Fine for hanging-baskets. Soil 
rich and fibrous with plenty of sand, ordinary. 
