618 
THE GARDENERS- MAGAZINE. 
August 16, 1913 
i SUCCULENT PLANTS FOR AMATEURS | 
(Continued from page 439.) 
Ag:ave. 
Tile agaves form a large genus of Central 
^American plants. Many of ilie species 
worthy of attention, and should be in¬ 
cluded in quite a small collection, exclud¬ 
ing the large and coarser kinds. A selec¬ 
tion sliould be made from the fol¬ 
lowing: A. celfciana, A. albicans, A. 
hybrid A. Leopoldi^ are all distinct, and 
have an additional charm in the denU ro¬ 
settes of leaves, bearing numerous curlv 
threads of a silvery-white colour all aloir^r 
the margins. In A. geminiflora thes'' 
thread-like filaments haiig in a large mas- 
and crowd the whole of the centre of the 
plant. 
vSeveral good variegated forius are in 
cultivation. A. americana varicgata, and 
A. micracantha picta are pretty; A. Milkri 
varicgata, grown under the crroneor*^ 
name of A. americana var. picta in gar- 
dens, is a beautiful form. A. picta v.irie- 
AGAVE MICRACANTHA PICTA. 
A handsome species with large leaves, marked with bands of pale yellow. 
reach to 20 or 30 feet high when in flower. 
Most of them only bloom once, and then 
die, but there are a few species which do 
not, but develop lateral buds at the base of 
the old flower stem, and Hiese soon grow 
into large plants. A number of species are 
Franzosini, A. marmorata, and A. Sooly- 
mus are all species with greyish-white 
leaves: A. Victorise Reginae, which is in 
a class by itself, is a regular gem, 
and should be in all collections. A. geniini- 
flora, A. schidigera, A. filifera, and the 
auf variety with 
vit'h a broad strip -^gaU 
idle; A. atrov.r^^> 
•_variceai^, , , 
