198 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 
Acliimenes — about sixteen species. The type of this new 
genus has been long known in our collections under the 
name of Trevirania coccinea, now A. coccinea, flowers bright 
scaidet; A. lonyiflora, large blue; A. yiandijiora, fine rose; 
A. hirsuta, bright rosy purple; A. rosea, profuse flowering, 
and A. picta, the foliage of which is beautifully variegated 
and striped; A. peduncalata, spotted; A. elrgans, purple; 
A. pi/ropa ; A patens ; with a host of other new and worth- 
less sorts ; all inferior to the above, though some of them 
cost us half a guinea each. They have all scaly tuberous 
roots requiring the pots to be kept entirely dry during winter ; 
in this month they should be taken from the old soil and 
planted into fresh, giving gentle waterings till the} r begin to 
grow. They delight in a warm close moist atmosphere, and 
will bloom freely from July to October. (Soil No. 10.) 
Aloe. Nearly a hundred species of grotesque-looking 
succulent plants, and are principally natives of the Cape of 
Good Hope, and, consequently, will do well in the warmest 
part of the green-house, although, when convenient, they 
frequently get a situation in the hot-house. A* nth/aris 
kown as ^1. barbadensis, has orange-yellow flowers; A. 
obi (qua, now called Gastkria obliqua; A. diclwtoma, and A. 
variegdta, which is perhaps the finest of the genus : the 
leaves are beautifully striped, and commonly known as the 
partridge-breast Aloe ; flowers scarlet and green. They ought 
to have very little water, once a month is sufficient. They 
would grow without it, and several of them would also grow 
by being suspended in the house, without earth or any sub- 
stitute about their roots, by being frequently sprinkled with 
water. Few of them are admired for the beauty of their 
flowers, but the whole are considered curious. They flower 
from May to September. (Soil No. 9.) 
Alonsdas, five species, all soft-wooded, small, shrubby 
plants, with scarlet flowers. A. incisifolia is known among 
us under the name of Hemimeris urticifolia, and A. linearis 
as H. linearis. If well treated, they form very handsome 
plants, and flower freely. They will not bear strong fumi- 
gation ; and, when the house is under that operation, they 
must be put on the floor of the green-house, where they will 
not be so much affected. They flower from April to August. 
(Soil No. 9.) 
Aloi/sa cilrioddra, known in our collections as verbena 
