204 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. \_March. 



thirty blossoms, continuing to bloom successively. (Soil 

 No. 12.) 



Achimenes. About eight species, the type of this new 

 genus has been long known in our collections, under the 

 name of Trevirdnia coccinea, now A, coccinea, flowers 

 bright scarlet; A. longiftora, large blue; A. grandiflora, 

 fine rose ; A, hirsuta, bright rosy purple; A. rosea, pro- 

 fuse flowering, and A. picta, the foliage of which is beau- 

 tifully variegated and striped. They have all scaly tuber- 

 ous roots requiring the pots to be kept entirely dry during 

 winter ; in this month they should be taken from the old 

 soil and planted into fresh, giving gentle waterings till they 

 begin to grow. They delight in a warm close moist atmo- 

 sphere, and will bloom freely from July to October. (Soil 

 No. 10.) 



Aloe. Nearly a hundred species of grotesque looking 

 succulent plants, and are principally natives of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and, consequently, will do well in the warm- 

 est part of the green-house, although, when convenient, 

 they frequently get a situation in \he hot-house. A. vul- 

 gdris, known as A. barbadensis, has orange yellow flow- 

 ers; A. obliqua, now called Gasleria obhqiia; A. dicho* 

 toma, and A. variegula, which is perhaps the finest of the 

 genus: the leaves are beautifully striped, and commonly 

 known as the partridge-breast Aloe; flowers scarlet and 

 green. They ought to have very little water; once a month 

 is sufficient. They would grow without it, and several of 

 them would also grow by being suspended in the house, 

 without earth or any substitute about their roots, by being 

 frequently sprinkled with water. Few of them are ad- 

 mired for the beauty of their flowers, but the whole are 

 considered curious. They flower from May to September. 

 (Soil No. 9.) 



Alonsoas, five species, all soft-wooded, small, shrubby 

 plants, with scarlet flowers. A. incisifolia is known among 

 us under the name of Hemimeris urticifolia, and A.linearis 

 as H. linedris. If well treated, they form very handsome 

 plants, and flower freely. They will not bear strong fumi- 

 gation ; and, when the house is under that operation, they 

 must be put on the floor of the green-house, where they 

 will not be so much affected. They flower from April to 

 August. (Soil No. 9.) 



