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Knickerbocker Nursery 
ALOE (continued) 
A. aristata. Cape of Good Hope. The rarest of small 
Aloes. Very beautiful, like a large Haworthia. Closely 
set white marginal teeth. Slow to offset and never 
grows large-#5.00 
A. ausana. Similar to A. variegata but decidedly plumper 
with more obtuse leaves_ 50c 
A. cameroni. A very fine shiny leaved Aloe with beauti¬ 
ful blossoms___50c 
A. candelabra. Intensely red blossoms; very large_35c 
*A. ciliaris. The climbing Aloe with exquisite green and 
red Xmas-candle-like blooms_15c to 25c 
*A. commutata. Large and beautifully marked_25c 
A. distans. Long, procumbent with exquisite corymb of 
flowers _50c 
*A. eru. Unique in form and blooms. Flowers dainty, 
clustered; suitable for bouquets_ 25c 
A. ferox. One of the best. Seldom has offshoots_#1.00 
: 'A. grandidentata. Beautifully striped. Young plants look 
like Gasterias and are suited to bowls_10c to 25c 
*A. humilis. Makes lovely clumps. Many toothed, grey- 
green _15c 
*var. brevifolia. Small enough to be put into bowls or 
small rockeries. Blue-green. Makes big clusters in 
the open_15c 
var. echinata. Smallest of all. Looks more like a 
Haworthia than an Aloe. Blue, green in color, 
heavily warted, slow to increase. Good bloomer-75c 
A. corniculata. _ 35c 
A. dichotoma. One of the large growing Aloes with 
yellow blooms_50c 
A. johnsoni -25c 
A. lineata. Variegated with yellow stripes-25c 
A. longistyla. Sky blue seedlings- 25c 
*A. mitriformis. Lovely; warted. Each leaf has a central 
line of protuberances distinguishing it from A. nobilis. 
blossoms like a dainty parasol-25c to 50c 
S: A. nobilis. Similar to above but much more prolific and 
a lighter green-15c to 35c 
A. salm-dyckiana. Large, with bold, big spikes of orange 
red _25c to #1.00 
*A. spinosissima. Beautiful bluish green, long toothed, 
giving it a feathery look. Contrasting vivid scarlet 
blooms _25c to 50c 
*A. striata. Seedlings only and possibly hybridized. The 
Coral Aloe said by the South Africa Botanic Gardens 
to be perhaps the most beautiful of all and very useful 
in hybridization. Medium sized rosettes with umbrella¬ 
like corymb of coral red flowers---25c 
var. rhodocinta (handburyiana). Large with purple 
shadings. Many offshoots- l— 15c to 25c 
A. striatula. Resembling A. ciliaris in form. Yellow 
blooms ...---25c 
A. tenuior ___25c 
*A. thraski. Seedlings only. New in U. S. A drooping, 
different, large growing Aloe-25c 
*A. variegata. The most popular and unique. Noted for 
its variety of common names: "Parrot, Whip-poor- 
will, Pheasants Breast, Tiger Cactus, etc.” Everyone 
should have one-----25c to #1.50 
*A. vera. Lovely pastel grey green with satiny smoothness. 
Pure yellow blooms. An aristocrat. Grows large 15c to 25c 
A. vera hybrid ........15c 
A. zebrina. (baumi). Tropical Africa. 3 to 4 ft... 35c 
Allied Plants 
Hesperaloe rubriflora. Large rosette with hairy leaves. 
Red flowers on a long stalk. Blooms all summer. 
Good ....—....50c 
