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e commoner large caulescent Aloes cf the gardens at La Mortola, 
_ Mentone, and Monte Carlo were, not, as I expected, the Mediterranean 
A, vera, Linn., but the Cape A. africana, A. supralevis, and A. arbor- 
- escens and its variety frutescens. A. striata, Haw. (A. albocincta, Haw.), 
and its variety A. hanburyana, Naudin, are also frequent. I saw also 
at La Mortola A. EA the typical 4. feror, A. Bainesit, 
Dyer (young stems only), and 4. plicatilis. Of tlie smaller species A. 
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aristata is much we get it in England, and this is also 
ease with 4 vie ry Baker, which is not yet known in flower 
cond ent speci at La Mortola, allied to A. arborescens, 
and undescribed. Dr. Penzig has lately introduced from Abyssinia to 
the gardens at soupe and Genoa, A. abyssinica, A. commutata, 
and three other species. Mr. Hanbury also grows A. variegata, and 
as some curious ando of mitriformis and humilis, which are 
different from anything I have seen at home. He grows many Apicras, 
Haworthias, and Custer none of which seemed materially different 
from what we have at Kew. A Gasteria, called multipunctata, with 
glossy lorate leaves 1-1} feet long, with Eee immersed greenish- 
white blotehes, is probably an undescribed specie 
Order BROMELIACES. 
The species which are hardy on the Riviera are Tillandsia xiphoides, 
Puya gigas, Hechtia Gheisbreghtii, Dyckia brevifolia (grown under the 
name of D. Mazelit), and D. rariflora (grown under the name of D. 
It is qu uite evident that the climate and soil of the Riviera are ad- 
mirably fitted for the growth of a large proportion of these plants. As 
might be expected, there is a general tendency in the leaves to be mor 
. glaueous than at home. A great many species reach their full develop- 
ment on the Riviera which we get at home only in an undeveloped 
condition. 'The principal ponpe of Agaveæ, which are not represented and 
- mre but little represented on the Riviera, are the Aloidee and Vivipare, 
and Furcreas of the potis group. It is probable that these require 
more moisture and perhaps more heat than they get in the Riviera © m 
climate. My best thanks are due to Mr. Hanbury for his kindness and 
the trouble which he tcok to help me in every way ; and to his principal 
gardeners, MM. Cronemeyer and Villa, to whom, during my stay, I was 
constantly applying for information. 
J. G. BAKER. 
Herbarium, Kew 
December 17, 1891. 

CCXXIV.—CAPE TOWN BOTANIC GARDEN. 
Town Botanie Garden, which has hitherto pean under the 
of Professor MacOwan, F.L.S., as director, is about to be placed 
ide municipal control. ‘The character of the Institution will thereby 
be changed. It will “ no longer be a botanical establishment,” according 
to the Ca ape Argus, “but a town pleasaunce of flowers and shady 
walks, à 
.. ment Botanist to the Agricultural Department; and it is intended also 




