SUCCULENT PLANTS 1*7 



shelf, or even, under great stress of circumstances, in a 

 cupboard, so that they cannot be said to be very exacting in 

 their necessities. 



It is seldom that any attempt is made to group plants of 

 this somewhat stiff character, but in a house with removable 

 lights, such as has been elsewhere suggested, a very charming 

 rock-garden might be made with succulent plants alone, 

 especially if it were lofty enough to include some of the 

 hardier Dracaenas, like D. australis and D. indivisa, and such 

 graceful subjects as Furcraeas, though this would be on an 

 ambitious scale and out of ordinary reach. Such a house 

 would be more interesting and ornamental than the usual 

 monotonous rows of Cacti in pots; and more than one 

 amateur has already adopted the plan with success. Of all 

 plants, those of a succulent nature should be grown by 

 themselves under the conditions which suit them, because 

 those conditions are usually detrimental to other classes ot 

 vegetation. Given complete dryness in winter when the 

 temperature is low, and as much sun and air as possible for 

 the rest of the year, with sufficient moisture during the 

 growing season, their wants are few compared to the amount 

 of interest and pleasure they will bestow upon any grower 

 who cares to study the immense diversity in their forms and 

 to encourage them to develop the singular beauty of their 

 flowers. v 



