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rose, succulent, of a bright green, and having very small indentures 

 on their edges: the stalks are marked with the vestiges of the fallen 

 leaves, and have a light brown bark: the flower-stalks rise from the 

 centre of these heads; and the numerous bright-yellow flowers form a 

 large pyramidal spike, or thyrse. It is a native of Portugal, &c. 

 flowers through the winter, commonly from December to March. 



The sixth species seldom rises above a foot and a half high, un- 

 less the plants are drawn up by tender management : the stalk is 

 thick and rugged, chiefly occasioned by the vestiges of decayed 

 leaves: at the top is a very large crown of leaves, disposed circular! y 

 like a full-blown rose, large, succulent, soft to the touch, and pliable, 

 ending in obtuse points which are a little incurved : the flower-stalk 

 comes out from the centre, and rises near two feet high, . branching 

 out from the bottom, so as to form a regular pyramid of flowers, 

 which are of an herbaceous colour. It is a native of the Canary 

 Islands, flowering in June and July. 



A variety of this with variegated leaves was obtained from a 

 branch accidentally broken from a plant of the plain sort, at Bad- 

 mington, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort. 



Culture. The different herbaceous sorts are all capable of being 

 increased without difficulty by planting their off-set heads, which 

 should be slipped with a few root fibres to them, and planted in the 

 spring season on rubbish rock-works, or other places, or in pots for 

 variety: and the tender green-house sorts may be raised from cut- 

 tings of the branches and from seeds ; but the first is the better 

 method. 



The cuttings should be made from the smaller branches in the 

 early summer months, and be planted out in pots, or a bed of fine 

 earth, in warm shaded situations: where the cuttings are succulent, 

 they should be laid in a dry place for a few days to heal over the 

 cut part; they should be shaded from the sun; and those in pots 

 lightly watered in dry weather: when they are become Avell rooted, 

 they should be carefully removed into separate pots of a middle 

 size, being placed in the green-house. Some forward these plants by 

 means of bark hot-beds. 



