The species belonging to the section Gasteria, of the large 
genus Aloe, were formerly great favourites for greenhouse culti- 
vation, and deservedly so, as many of them, when well-grown, 
have beautifully variegated leaves, and freely produce long ele- 
gant racemes of flowers, charmingly coloured with rose and 
salmon tints. They are not now in fashion, and are seldom seen 
except in collections of botanical plants, which is much to be 
regretted. The new species now figured is one of the most 
attractive kinds, with purplish green shining leaves, marked 
copiously with yellow-green spots, and having curiously-shaped 
ventricose pale rose-coloured flowers. I received the plant from 
Algoa Bay, where it was discovered by Mr. T. Cooper. It will 
thrive in a mixture of light sandy loam and peat in well-drained 
pots, and, like all the other species of the section Gasteria, it 
should be shaded during the summer months from the mid-day 
Btn.—WiWe a. 
