ALOCASIA 



fiom the mulub ind vanishing near the margin petioles 

 neailv^\hite >,ew Guinea 1 H ^3 bO) -Bruised h --. 

 emit a strong odoi 



cc Veins and midrtb uhtte or siliciy 

 lon^loba, Miq (A gigantea Hort ) Petioles 2 ft , 

 greenish white mottled puiil*- 1 ! i If I'lttite lb m. 

 lon_' thL l>is-il lolies ler-s 1 ii i upper sur- 



tvi ^'uen with silv<i\ oi _ \tms and 



miiluli the under surt at h-'i i 



Putzeysi 



F bi 



1 , idoba Ivs. 

 ilhi. 5,1 Ltn, promi- 

 1k petioles pale red- 

 < Sumatra I H. 

 I loba and has wider 



spues bi w 

 Thibautii 



2 ft loD^ 



lobes bro 1 1 



1 Int green, with broad sih ery 

 veins ind iib the un lei surface deep purple Borneo. 

 Ct L III 17 4fe5 I H 2b 419 



L6wii, Hook Petioles 2-3 ft rose color , bl-ide nar- 

 row u\ itt Is m 1 'lu ml i thud iswidt lun^ pointed, 

 the basil 1 I ' i )i, , i ui i i Ine green, 



^Mth ^eix lit ice rich 



surface 



ihis 



A I fi^/di, Schott (\ 11 I ilihii Luo'lel) 



cor rnn6 ithiti and h af bloftJud and mottled 

 macrorhlza, Schott Lirje re \i hing 10 or 15 ft leaf- 

 blules i ft long long sigittite mil pointed the lobes 

 short ind obtuse margin often somewhat wavj the 

 midiib very bioid ind cimspK uous the blotches or 

 patches (it green and white (in the v-ir i km w/dta, which 

 is the common form) verj' striking Ceylon I H. 

 b 30a —One of the commonest species Lvs sometimes 

 almost white 



CLCC T tins dail o> 

 cdprea, Koch (A i 

 less long, green 1 I 

 notched at the bi 

 metallic green with 

 side rich purple B< 

 Lone hn Gn jO 33b 



- th, hafdail colo)td 



67. Alocasia Sanderiana. 



Eeglna, N.E. Brown. Lvs. thick, ovate-cordate, ob- 

 tuse or cuspidate, the basal lobes short and nearly or 

 quite obtuse, the ribs and veins beneath pubescent, 

 somewhat fleshy, dark green above with darker veins 

 and brown-purple beneath; petioles terete, pubescent, 

 spotted purple. Borneo. I. H. 32:544. 



Several cult, varieties and hybrids are in the trade in 

 this country: A.argijrea, hybrid of longilobaxPucciana; 

 />Vi/ii ('if')isis, petiole dark purple; If. -blade dark green; 

 Chaiitrieri (raised by Chantrier Bros.. Jlortefontaine, 

 France), hyb. of cupreax Sanderiana, with long wavy 

 lvs., purple below and prominently white-veined (I.H. 

 35:64. R.H. 1887, p. 465); C;ie7soH(, cupreaxlongiloba, 

 with lvs. purple below and green above ; gigas, much 



ALOE 49 



like Villeneuvei ; intermedia, hybrid by Veitch 25 years 

 aj;o ; La SalUAna; JyiiciAna, Thibautiana x Putzeysi, 

 with lvs. dark green above and whitish veins and mar- 

 L,'ius, iiurpl.- beneath (I.H. 44:27); Mortefontainensis, 

 Liiwii ■ Sanderiana ; Pucci^na, Putzeysi x Thibautiana; 

 Siih III. i-upreaxLowii, with ovate-pellate lvs. purple be- 

 neath and white veined above (I.H. 24:292); Van 

 Hodttei. 



The following names are also in our trade: A. illtis- 

 tris^Colocasia Antiquorum; J ^nningsii^Colocasia af- 

 flnis; J^(i7instoniJ=Cyrtosperma Johnstonii; Marchdllii 

 = Colocasia Marchallii • violticea := Colocasia Anti- 

 quorum > 



The f 11 mn„ n t 1 e exp i t ai I tl American 



pui-p e spotted 



ALOE (Arabic name) 

 lescent or var ouslj cs 

 larg 1 1 I 



Lili&ceoe tribe Alomea Acau- 



ile cent su culents lvs often 



I g end of St : 



I ght tubular, 



I as ed by the 



e pecies 



1 zed in 



Plants 



whi h 



cutting veil Iried off B n 1 y 



be in lu el bv searing the H - 



bri Is are aid to o cur with ( ' 



=A I I titixG I i a) { I < 



G e A Lapiir i=A t t < It: 



A Li 1 =J it ttixG lerrucosa and J JVouofiji 

 :=A ) t tax) and with i atophyllin {A Hoyei = 

 A e> itaxL p ) J G Baker in Jour Lmn Soc. 

 Bot lb pp lo' 18' William Trelease 



OH plants of A.loe mil keep healthy for several years 

 in the same pots without a renewal of soil, and flower 

 freely at the same time. The soil most suited to their 

 needs is sandy loam three parts, lime rubble and broken 

 brick one part, with a little decayed manure to strengthen 

 the mixture. Very firm potting is necessary. Drainage 

 is a more important item tli 

 fectly arranged 



from the soil. Broken brii 

 pots, large pieces for tlif 1 

 smaller pieces above, till 

 Some of the species need 

 others. A.ciliaris will gi 

 A. Abyssinica is of robu 



be per 

 tin freely 

 - ai, |ii . iVrable to pieces of 

 :i^.iii "I till- pot or tub, and 

 II- la~i layer is quite tine, 

 eer rooting conditions than 

 w from 5-7 ft. in a season, 

 growth, and differs from 



; others in the color of the flowers, which are pure 



