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ADDITIONAL LIST OF PLANTS. 



is frequently called the American Aloe. They are 

 natives of South Africa and of the East and West 

 Indies. Among those cultivated for peculiar foliage 

 the Aloe variegata or Partridge-Breasted Aloe, is 

 especially beautiful. Its specific name is derived 

 from the peculiar markings of the variegation, re- 

 sembling those on the breast of a partridge, the 

 white lines being transverse on the leaves, and the 

 green color running into them in a beautifully pencil- 

 led manner. Aloe verrucosa^ or Warty Aloe, is cul- 

 tivated for peculiar foliage as well as beautiful 

 flowers. The leaves of this species are curiously 

 superposed in two rows, of a dark green color, thick- 

 ly covered with smalLexcresences or warts. The 

 flowers are red, and borne in simple racemes. 



Ampelopsis Quinquefolia, the well-known Vir- 

 ginia Creeper. Its dense foliage and drooping, 

 graceful festoons, so charming and luxuriant in its 

 natural state, becomes dwarfed by change to the 

 hanging basket, into a little gem that cannot fail to 

 elicit admiration. 



Anomatheca, flowers during the summer, and are 

 very showy, colors pink and scarlet. 



Armeniaca vulgaris, or Thrift, also commonly 

 called Sea Lavender or Sea Pink, narrow grass-like 

 leaves and clusters of little pink flowers, extensive- 

 ly cultivated as a border plant, makes a valuable 

 house-plant in winter by reason of its hardiness and 

 profusion of bloom. 



Babiana, a very handsome genus of Cape Bulbs 



