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are in the flower-house, occasionally using dung 

 water. They will not require so much while they 

 are in the open air and the greenhouse, that time 

 being their season of rest. 



ALOE AND ITS VARIETIES. 

 Class, Hexandria, Order, Monogynia. 



HEMEROCALLlDEiE. 



Native chiefly of the Cape of Good Hope. — 

 Propagation, suckers and the leaves. 



There is a great number of this curious genus 

 worthy of a place in collections. They succeed 

 well in two parts loam, one dung, with a little 

 rough sand. 



AMARYLLIS JOHNSONII, VITTATA, ETC. 



Class, Hexandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Amaryllide,e. 



Native of Cape of Good Hope. — Propagation, 

 seeds, offsets. 



To enumerate all the fine species of this exten- 

 sive genus would be foreign to a small work like 

 this. I have, however,, selected two well known 

 species, Johnsonii and Vittata : the treatment given 

 for these is suitable for most others of this genus. 



This interesting tribe of plants is of easy cul- 

 ture, and under judicious management will furnish 



