Plate 168 . 
GREENOVIA ATJBEA. 
Yellow Greenovia . 
Amongst the early recollections of our flower-loving clays, 
succulent plants hold a place : in those days, ere foliagecl plants 
and Ferns were so extensively grown, when Orchids were con¬ 
sidered to present almost insurmountable difficulties, and the 
world had not been so thoroughly ransacked to satisfy the 
insatiable appetite of the horticulturists, collectors of these 
plants, so curious many of them both in their foliage and their 
flowers, were by no means uncommon ; Aloes and Mesembryan- 
themums from the Cape; Cacti from Mexico and Central 
America; and curious forms from other parts of the world, 
tending to make an interesting, if not a brilliant display. The 
taste seems to have survived in France longer than here, for at 
their great Floral Exhibition in May last, we noticed several 
collections of them from some of the large growers there. 
“ A plea for succulents” has lately been made in one of our 
contemporaries, and their points of interest very forcibly put; 
and as the curious plant which we now figure has received a 
first-class certificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, we have endeavoured to encourage, so far 
as lies in our power, the attempt to bring them once more into 
favour. Although the plant was exhibited by Mr. Mb Bull, of 
Chelsea, it came from the collection of Miss Hibbert, of Clap- 
ham, and to her intelligent gardener, Mr. Lloyd, we are in¬ 
debted for the following particulars. 
“ Greenovia aurea was introduced in 1815 from Madeira by 
Hr., afterwards Sir James Edward Smith, and named Senvper- 
vivum calyciforme, by Haworth. The genus Sempervivum was 
broken up subsequently (I believe by Webb), when our plant 
