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Skct. IV. Succulent Greeji-hause Plants. 



€654. SUCCULENT GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



MAY. 



JUNE. 



JULY. 



AUGUST. 



SEPT. OCT. 



Aloe ferox, 3. 

 — glauca 



Anthericum pugionifo. 

 Crassula nudicaulis 



— obllqua 

 — odoratissrma 

 Mesembrj'anthemum 



— marpinatuin 



— mycrophyllum 

 Portulacaria afra 



Aloe lingua 



— margaritifera 



— — minor, 3. 



— pentagona 



— perfoiiata 

 Anthericum aloidcs 

 Crassula orbicularis 

 Mesembrjanthemum 



aurantium 



— capitatum 

 Sempervivum montan. 



— villosum 

 Tetragonia herbacea 



Agave americana 

 Aloe maculata 



— mitrifbrmis 



— — minor 



— rigida 



— spiralis 



— triangularis 



— viscosa 



— frutescens 



Coty ledon fascicularis 



— hemispherica 



— lingueformis 

 Talinum arachnoides 



— filamentosum 



Aizoon lanceolatum 

 Aloe albicans 



— cymbifonnis, 3- 



— depressa 



— dichotoraa 

 Cacalia repens, p- 

 Cotyledon oblongata 

 Crassula canesceiis 



— ciliata 



Mesembr>anthemum 



— bellidiflorum 



— canaliculatatn 



Aloe arborescens 



— picta 



— purpurascens 

 Anthericum revolutum 

 Cacalia articulata, |». 



— camosa 



— ficoides 



— kleinia 

 Mesenibryanthemura 



— compressum 



— inclaudens 



— Ungueform. cnicia. 



— depressum 



— ditforme 

 Septas capensis, p. 



— globiflora 



' 6655. Propagation. With succulents this is remarkably easy, as cuttings and suckers, where they can be 

 procured, seldom fail to put out roots ; however, some sorts of aloe, crassula, &c. do not readily produce 

 shoots of any sort by which they may be multiplied. When the lea%'es are taken ofF cuttings of suckers, 

 the latter should be laid in a dry airy place, till the wounds heal ; they may then be planted in the 

 proper soil, one in each of the smallest-sized pots, and being kept a few weeks in a dry heat, and shaded 

 from bright sunshine, they will seldom fail to grow. In raising succulents from seeds, proceed as directed 

 for the seeds of woody plants ; but observe to be more sparing of water after the plants come up. 



6656. Culture. A sandy loam is the soil universally allowed as the most proper for these plants ; not 

 over finely sifted, in order to let the water pass the more rapidly through it ; and for the more succulent 

 and dwarf sorts as stapelia, cactus, &c. about an eighth part of old lime-rubbish may be added. Succu- 

 lents do not associate well witli any other description of plants, neither as to appearance or modes of 

 culture ; therefore, wherever they are extensively cultivated, there should be a house or houses on pur- 

 pose for them. One house would be required for the more hardy sorts included in this section, and 

 another for the dry-stove succulents, given in a succeeding table. They require very Rttle watering, and 

 never over the top during the winter months ; in summer, if the pots be well drained, they will bear more 

 water, especially when in flower. The pots in which they are placed should be smaller in proportion than 

 for other plants, as they grow slowly, evaporate little, and apparently derive great part of their sustenance 

 from the air. They need not be shifted oftener than once in two or three years ; but the surface earth 

 should be taken off, and fresh compost added every year. They do not require to be set out in the open 

 garden during summer ; but as much air as possible should be admitted to them, and the roof of the house 

 should be open at that season, night and day, excepting during heavy rains. " The greatest injur}-," Page 

 observes, " which these plants have to be guarded against, is damps in winter; therefore they should be 

 frequently looked over, and all decayed parts removed, particularly from those which are stemless, and 

 when the leaves touch the earth." He adds, " few of these plants, either those of the green-house or hot- 

 house, are cultivated in general, but merely to fill up the by-shelves and odd comers of the exotic 

 houses ; but if a proper attention was paid to them, and their cultivation better known from a study of 

 their characters, we have no doubt but they might be rendered as ornamental and interesting as those 

 now considered the most select. Most of the forms and growths of these plants are truly curious ; and 

 many of their flowers of the greatest beauty and brilliancy. Since the days of Dilleniiis and the late 

 James Lee, these plants have had few admirers ; but the present Emperor of Germany, the Prince of 

 Salm, the Vice-King of Lombardy, and our countrymen Haworth and Anderson, the latter the able 

 curator of Chelsea Botanic Garden, are endeavoring to bring them again into that notice which they so 

 eminently deserve." {Pro(lro?nus, 220.) 



6657. Mesctnbryanthcmu7)is are planted out by Mowbray, in a pit along the front wall of a hot-house. 

 The soil he uses is rich garden-mould and fresh loam : " the sorts are M. inclaudens, aurantium, perfoli- 

 atum, deltoides, barbatum, and other species of different habits ; the strong-growing kinds are put to- 

 wards the back, and the dwarf ones in the front. They grow vigorously, and flower in a superior manner 

 to what they do in small pots ; nothing can surpass the brilliancy of their blossoms in a bright summer's 

 day, and many of them continue flowering all winter. All the culture they require is thinning and protec- 

 tion by mats o'ver the glass in severe weather. In summer the sashes are taken off, and the soil may be 

 covered with stones like rock-work." {Hort. Trans, v. 274.) 



Sect. V. Bulbous Green-house Plants. 



665S. BULBOUS GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS. 



MARCH TO MAY. ] JUNE. 



JULY. 



AUGUST. 



SEPT. TO OCT. 



Antholyza cunonia, p. 

 Cyclamen hedevocfol,;). 



— persicum 



— — flo. albo 



— — flo. adorata 

 Gladiolus abreviatus, p. 



— carinatus 



— cuspidatus 



— marginatus 



— orchiditlorus 



— jiraecox, (Jlarc ) 



Iris sisNT-inchinra 

 Isia aulica 



— bulbifera 



Lachenalia flava, (April) 

 Massonia angustifolia 



— latifolia, (April) 



— Massonia scab. (Ma.) 



— violacea, (March) 

 Oxalis labumifolia, p. 

 Tulipa clusiana 



Amaryllis formosissima 

 Antholyza brevifolia, p. 



— marginata 



— meriana 



— merianella 



— spicata 



— pallida 



— tubulosa 

 Gladiolus angustus 



— bicolor 



— blandus 



— bvzantinus major 

 _ ■ — flo. albo 



— eampanulatus 



— cameus 



— galeatus 



— . namaquensis 



— pjTamidahis 



— roseus 



— striatus 

 Iris tricuspis 

 Isia flexuosa 



Amaryllis capensis 



— Fothergilli 



— — major 



— glauca 



— numilis 



— tabulare 



— vittata 

 Antholyza aethiopica, p. 



— iridifolia 



— — fulgens 



— — fusca 

 Gladiolus versicolor 



— undulatus 

 Isia columnaris 



— — grandiflora 



— purpurea 



— versicolor 

 ScUla hyacinthoides 



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Amaryllis crispa 



— Johnsonii 



— linearis 



Antholyza ringens, p. 

 Gladiolus cardinalis 



— polystachius 

 Hyacinthus revolutus 

 Ixia steUata alba, p. 



— purpurea 

 Omithogalum niveum 

 Polyanthes tuberosa 



— — flo.pleno 

 Tigridia pavonia, p. 



Amaryllis samiensis 



— corymbosns 

 Lachenalia angustifolia 

 Omithogalum altissim. 

 Oxalis rubella, p. 



— tenuifolia, p. 



— tricolor 



— variabilis 

 Veltheimia viridifolia 



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