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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



Named after the Marquis of Blandford. Beautiful New 

 Holland plants, and worthy of being cultivated in the green- 

 house, but rare. B. nobilis has fine orange-scarlet droop- 

 ing flowers, which appear in July and August ; grandiflora 

 has also flowers of the same hue, punicea has crimson, 

 and marginata } copper- coloured flowers. 



ALOE. 



Gen. Char. (Hexandria Monogynia.) Flower tubular, with a 

 six-cleft spreading mouth, and honey at the bottom of the tube; 

 filaments inserted into the receptacle ; capsule three-celled, three- 

 valved, many-seeded. 



The name of this genus is supposed to be derived from 

 the Arabic. The principal locality for this singular tribe of 

 plants is the Cape; the West Indies, Mexico, and China 

 yielding a few. Some of them bear both leaves and flowers 

 which are strikingly handsome, others being only sought 

 out for their highly curious appearance ; a few attain the 

 height of trees, but most of them are small, odd-looking, 

 succulent plants, and all are evergreen. They have been 

 divided into several genera, but as they still all go by the 

 name of Aloes, they will be placed under one head here, 



