THE CRASSULA. 



Craasula coccinea. 



HIS is one of the handsomest 

 and most useful plants of its 

 class, and, in common with 

 many other garden favourites, 

 v^;a„^^ it presents us with several 

 ^\ variations, the results of the ma- 

 nipulations of the florists. The 

 reader who does not happen to 

 know the plant may be advised to. 

 liiok first in the central avenue of 

 ( 'ovent Garden ]\Iarket in June and 

 July. The accompanying portrait 

 \\ ill certainly assist in the identifi- 

 cation, but the chances are that 

 the attention will be arrested by 

 a batch of plants having the style 

 oi growth indicated by the plate, but with 

 crowning corymbs of flowers of an intensely 

 vivid carmine-scarlet colour. Now it may be proper to say 

 that in nearly all botanical and horticultural inquiries and 

 criticisms, colour is the last qualitj' to be thought of, while 

 form is the first. The splendid scarlet crassulas that will 

 probably be seen in the market, and that one might imag'ine 



