THE HOT-HOUSES. 2l3 



leaved scholia, schotia speciosa (i); the erythryna 

 corallodendron, or coral-tree of the West Indies, 

 so called from the brilliant red colour of its 

 flowers and seeds; and the globa nutans , a plant 

 lately introduced into Europe, and much esteemed 

 for its beautiful clustering flowers. 



The second hot-house, bearing the name of 

 Dufay, is of the same size as the preceding, and 

 has also two stoves, but the temperature does 

 not exceed 45° 3o'. It is destined for succulent 

 plants, mostly of African origin, such as the aloes, 

 the cactuses, the house-leeks, semperviva, the 

 agaves, the spurges, euphorbice , etc. : here are 

 found a Canary spurge, euphorbia canadensis, 

 whose straggling, leafless branches are sup- 

 ported by cords, and which is never removed 

 from the hot-house ; the lofty aloe ferooc, great 

 hedgehog aloe, and the cactus monstrosus , whose 

 green, uneven stem resembles a stalactite. We 

 possess the species which feeds the cochineal, 

 but the insect sent with it has perished, and pro- 

 bably it no longer exists in Europe. The plants 

 of this hot-house, except one of each species for 

 the botanic garden, are placed upon the terrace 

 in the summer. 



(1) A shrub of the Cape of Good Hope, of a beautiful appearance 

 when covered with its clusters of scarlet flowers, which grow upon the 

 wood like those of the judas-tree. 



