OCTOBER 10, 1874.] 
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ern Adro ace lanugi- 
Bellis Tn are things of autumn by no 
fans to be despised. H. Harpur-Crewe, Drayton- 
Paf: Rectory, T? ring, October 6. 
ALOES AT MENTONE. 
a sdiri: of late frequently had occasion to call at- 
O the luxuriance with which succulent plants 
thrives ebir northern shores of the Medit paeme i 
Riviera from Genoa to Nice. Agaves th 
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FIG. 91.—GROUP OF ALOES IN A GARDEN AT MENTONE, 
are us sed as haa a row plants. Mesembryanthemums | their gorgeous colouring, their “soni, ined if somewhat 
| and Op s spring out from the face of dry walls, | 4 jarre form, as see when left to grow half wild at 
| Tn this locality, indeed, the plants in ae seem to | their own sweet will, will ever allow a prejudice 
| find the most favourable conditions of existence. The against these striking plants to remain in his mind. 
| can root ‘dee ly in the chinks of the rocks, which ar The illust ‘hot we give (fig. 91) represents a up 
| i bre “on soil washed down from the mountains, | of Aloes in full flower ina n at Mentone: the 
| Mo rrents and the rain (which, if it falls rarely, | climbing plant against the wall is Bougain villea ea spec- 
| at preie fall p iay ily when it does come) afford a supply bilis, which thrives remarkably well in this repos 
of water which filters into the cracks of the rocks and d flowers most abu nda ntly. For the hotogi 
accumulates in the soil therein contained. For a great 
ie of the year the foliage is on age ed to the fierce | H, Bennet. 
nae and the ato light of the sun, Their thick rind 
ethan by : ‘ 
sw me in good ste: ecking inordinate aa qe 
evaporation oe prese noisture in ths pm ! THE NITR 
time when other plants are ; ` 
