. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 160 CASSELL'S POPULAE GAEDENING. Cultivators must not, however, fall into a hard- and-fast line respecting the winter treatment of these plants, for although but very little water is necessary, the plants must not he dried to such an extent that the leaves show signs of shrivelling, or they wiU assuredly deteriorate in beauty. In some instances these plants after a few years will become too tall for those having a small house in which to grow them; this, however, need not cause any uneasiness, as they are easily brought into size and shape. The spring
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 160 CASSELL'S POPULAE GAEDENING. Cultivators must not, however, fall into a hard- and-fast line respecting the winter treatment of these plants, for although but very little water is necessary, the plants must not he dried to such an extent that the leaves show signs of shrivelling, or they wiU assuredly deteriorate in beauty. In some instances these plants after a few years will become too tall for those having a small house in which to grow them; this, however, need not cause any uneasiness, as they are easily brought into size and shape. The spring is the best time to operate upon them, and aU that it is necessary to do is to cut them down to the required height, place them in a pot of dry soil, and there let them stand until fresh roots are developed from the base of the stem, which will be in a short time; when this takes place, g-ive n small quantity of water from time to time until the pot is well filled with roots, when the supply can be increased in quantity. Aloes should be kept in small pots, and seldom require re-potting ; one of the greatest mistakes made Avith these plants is in giving them too much soil and pots of too great di- mensions. Although the various members of this genus succeed best when fully exposed to sun and light, they do not thrive so well when stood in the open air, for under these circumstances in our variable climate they are apt at times to get an over-abundant supply of water, and the leaves often become brown, which is a, great disfigurement. It is this, more than any inability to withstand the temperature, which makes them more suitable for in-door life. The varieties of Aloes are almost endless. The following are a few of the most ornamental kinds, and well deserve the attention of aU plant-growers. A. Abyssinica. — A large and massive species; leaves thick and fleshy, furnished at the margins with a few blunt spines, heavy green in colour; native of Abyssinia. A. Afrieana.—This pl
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