. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . , . A. Lvs. warty on the back: fls. smooth. 1. Sspera, Haw. (Aloe aspera, Haw. Hawdrthia dspe
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . , . A. Lvs. warty on the back: fls. smooth. 1. Sspera, Haw. (Aloe aspera, Haw. Hawdrthia dspera,Haw.). St. mostly simple, erect, 4-6 in. high, IJ^ , including lvs.: lvs. half-globose, acuminate,slightly keeled, Hf- long, green, smooth on the ratherconvex upper surface, green-warty on the back, themargin granular: infl. scarcely 1 ft. high, unbranched;fls. somewhat rosy, Jgin. long,twice as long as the Sahn, Aloe §2. f. 2.—A large form with white-wartylvs. twice as long, is , Haw. 2. bicarinata, Haw. (Aidebicarinata, Roem.). St. erect,6-12 in. high: lvs. falcatelyshort - ovate, acute, acutelykeeled, ^sX/iin., green,smooth on the somewhat con-cave upper surface, irregu-larly white-warty on the back,the margin and keel granu-lar roughened. Cape. Berger40. 3. bullulata, Willd. (A. pen-lagbna bullulata, Baker. Aidebullulata, Jacq.). St. erect:lvs. lanceolate, acute, ob-liquely keeled, 5^xlJ^ in.,pale, the back unequally 232. Apicra 310 APICRA APIOS whito-wiuly, the inarpin and kool finely denticulate:fls. soniewliat Cape. AA. Lvs. twt imrtij. B. Fls. uiarty: lvs. smooth. 4. spiralis, Baker (.4. (mbncdfa, Willd. Aide spiralis,Linn. .4. inihricata. Haw. .4. cijllndrica, Lam. Ha-icMhia imbrifdta, Haw.). Sts. somewhat clustered,
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