. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. ist, there 111 111 L ii A iiiii M IM -ill I iiiif-ns in the herbaria, becauseof the large M/.i- ot the plants, the infrequent flowering,and the dimculty of suitably drying them. Aloes are much cultivated as decorative plants, beingamongst the most popular of desert and succulent plantsfor their stiff, harsh and rugged ha
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. ist, there 111 111 L ii A iiiii M IM -ill I iiiif-ns in the herbaria, becauseof the large M/.i- ot the plants, the infrequent flowering,and the dimculty of suitably drying them. Aloes are much cultivated as decorative plants, beingamongst the most popular of desert and succulent plantsfor their stiff, harsh and rugged habit. They are oftengrouped about large public buildings, where they em-phasize certain architectural features. Large collectionsare to be seen only in botanic gardens and in the col-lections of a few fanciers. The largest dealer has nearlya hundred kinds, but grows only five or six kinds inquantity. For index to the following species, see sup-plementary list, p. 51. W. ji. A. Arrangement ol Ivs. spiral (except in seedlings). B. Form of Ivs. broadly lanceolate, acute : size of Ivs. moderately Border of Ivs. thin, horny : margin entire or Color of Ivs. grayish : shape of Ivs. striata. Haw. (, J&cq. A. iOTt.). aulescent :. ength large, finely dark-lin(d, scarcely mottled,with entire white border:inHt)rescence compound,broadly cymose : fls. red,cou^tricted above theo\ar\ Cape. B. M. \brids v;ith A. sernilataand .1 grandidentata oc-cur, having toothed Ivs. Var rhodocincta•ihodoeincta, ,SmxA.). , very glaucous,with entire reddish bor-der serrulilta, Haw. Fig. (A. L\i less ob- -i ur( h mottled, the whitebordtr denticulate : inflo-68 Aloe serrulata r( set nee less cymose. Cape. Color of lvs. clearer green : shape of lvs. more con-nive : teeth small and cut nearly through the 3. macroc4rpa. Tod. Lvs. interruptedly green-lined,more evidently mottled: inflorescence branched withelongated race
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