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THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



Botanical Name. English Name. 

 CACTUS ECHINOCACTUS. 



Eyriessii Turk's cap. 



rubra spina red spined. 



amabilis neat headed. 



ART. 2. Culture of the Aloe and various Succulents. 



The Aloe requires the same treatment as the Cactus, with 

 the difference that they do not require so much water, and 

 their treatment is regular, that is to say, they do not require 

 at one time to be kept very dry, and at another to be more 

 abundantly watered in order to make them flower ; indeed 

 the flowers are not the most beautiful, but it is the foliage 

 these plants are cultivated for, as the partridge breasted, lizard 

 tail, tongue, &c., which are represented in their leaves. 

 These plants are propagated by taking off the young side 

 shoots as they appear on the mother plant, and potting them 

 in the same manner as their parent. To this class may be 

 added the Mesembryanthemums, Stapelias, and many other 

 succulents, which are all propagated by cuttings, and require 

 a dry place in the green-house, and but moderate watering. 



I herewith append a List of some of the most generally 

 known varieties. 



Name. Description. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



grandiflorum great flowered. 



californium 



barbatum 



tigrinum 



minima. 



tupinum. 



lacerum 



ROCHEA. 



falcata 



perfoliata 



STAPELIA. 



ambigua v. fulva brown flowered. 



asterius star-fish flowered. 



grandiflora large flowered. 



variegate variegated. 



yellow, 

 scarlet, 

 toothed. 



toothed. 



seckel leaved, 

 perfoliate leaved. 



