AN INDEX TO CACTIVAND OTHER SUCCULENTS. 
Seale the last few years Succulents have been far more extensively cultivated 
than formerly, and seem to be still growing in popular favour—a fact which is not 
surprising to anyone acquainted with the singularity of appearance of the plants, and 
the beauty of form and diversity and brilliancy of colour in their flowers. In addition 
to these attractions Succulent Plants possess the great merit of being remarkably easy 
of cultivation, while they are capable of enduring with impunity an amount of neglect 
which would prove fatal to almost any other subjects. 
The lists here given comprise the best species in cultivation. The plants are 
arranged according to their degrees of hardiness, but those classified as hardy will 
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great majority of Succulents require cool-house treatment; indeed, most of the species 
be found to grow much better if a little protection is afforded them in winter. 
grown in stoves would probably thrive in a lower temperature than that to which they 
are usually subjected. 
For general remarks on the culture of these plants, the reader is referred to the 
article on “ Cactus,’ in Vol. I. 
The following are the abbreviations used in the descriptions of the flowers :— 
br, pre c, cream; g, green; mv, mauve; o, orange; p, purple; pi, pink; r, red; sc, scented; v, violet; w, white; 
y, yellow. 
HARDY.—Agave utahensis (y); Cotyledon Semper- 
vivum (7); C. spinosa (y); C. Umbilicus (y); Euphorbia 
Cyparissias (y); E. Myrsinites (y); Opuntia Engelmanni 
(y); ©. Fieus-Indica (y); ©. missouriensis (y); O. 
Rafinesquii (y); Sedum album (w); S. anglicum (w or pi) ; 
S. brevifolium (w); S. glaucum (pi-w); 8S. lydium (pi); 
S. pulchellum (pi-p); 8S. reflexum (y); Sempervivum 
arachnoideum (7); S. arenarium (y); S. atlanticum (7) ; 
S. Boissieri (r); S. Braunii (r); 8S. calearatum (r-w) ; 8. 
ealcareum (r); 8. fimbriatum (7); 8. Funekii (r-p); 8. 
Heuffelii (y); S. Lamottei (pi); S. Moggridgei (r); S. 
montanum (mv-p); 8. Pomellii (pi-r); S. soboliferum (y) ; 
S. Wulfeni (y) ; Yucca filamentosa flaccida (ww). 
COOL-HOUSE. — Adenium obesum (pi-r); Agave 
americana (y-g); A. a. picta; A. attenuata (g-y); A. 
Botterii (g-y) ; A. Celsiana (p-br); A, Corderoyi; A. dasy- 
Cool-house —continued. 
lirioides (y); A. Deserti (y); A. Elemcetiana (y-g) ; A. 
filifera (g); A. heteracantha (gy); A. Hookeri (y); A- 
lophantha (g); A. macraeantha (9); A. Maximiliana; A. 
miradorensis; A. pruinosa; A. Salmiana (g-y); A. 
schidigera (g); A. Shawii (g-y); A. striata (br-g outside, 
y inside); A. Victorie Regina; A. virginica (g-y) 5 A. 
Warrelliana; A. xylacantha (g); Aloe abyssinica; A. 
albispina (r); A. albocincta (7); A. arborescens (rr); A. 
Bainesii (y-r); A. brevifolia (7); A. caesia (7) ; A. ciliata 
(r); A. Cooperi; A. dichotoma (r); A. distans (7); A. 
glauca (r); A. Greenii (r); A. humilis (r); A. latifolia 
(y-*); A. lineata (r); A. macrocarpa (r); A. mitreformis 
(r); A. nobilis (r); A. Perryi (g); A. saponaria (7); A. 
Schimperi (r); A. serratula (r); A. striatula (y); A. succo- 
trina (r); A. tricolor (r); A. variegata (r) ; A. vera (y) 5 
