proceeds from llic lop to (he height of eighteen inches or two foci, bearing from two to eight llowcrs of large 

 size (more tli:ni four inches in diameter), of a bright scarlet anil crimson-veined pink. The blossoms arc 

 generally produced in June, July, and Angus!, ami continue for live or six weeks. H makes a fine plant 

 for exhibition on account of its splendid colour. 



The treatment of this plant is not sufficiently known to admit of a minute and dogmatical account of it 

 being given. The first thing is to ascertain the condition of its native habitation, which is on the banks of 

 watercourses, where tho roots get well supplied with moisture during the growing season. The plants rat 

 after the flowering season is over ; during this time less moisture is required, and as we have been informal 

 by those who have seen it growing wild, the watercourses become dried up. The growing season recommences 

 in October or November, and continues until the blooming period. The shoots die off annually, and new 

 Ones with fresh roots are produced in the autumn. At this season* when active growth commences, they 

 require great care. We have found them making their roots in January and February, and this is the time 

 to repot Ihcm, or to put them in wide shallow paw* They do not root deeply in the soil, and prefer a 

 shallow pan, as Ihcy throw up suckers very freely- Wc have seen in the collection of It. J\ Ainsworth, Esq., 

 of Lower Bioughton, Manchester, a well-grown plant under the care of Mr. Mitchell, the gardener, who 

 cultivates it in a cool greenhouse with plenty of moisture at the roots during the growing season, and in (lie 

 same material as we recommend. It is a good plan, after the growing and (lowering seasons are over, to 

 place the plants in a rather shady part of the garden, and to syringe them occasionally, though not so as to 

 keep them too moist* for this is their resting season ; they may however perish if allotted to gel too (Iry. At 

 the end of September or October, they may lie put back into the greenhouse, and they will soon begin to 

 throw up their fresh stems, when more water may be given. During the lime they are making vigorous growth 

 they mav be syringed twice a day or even oftencr; this is far better than using a watering-pot, as it serves 

 the purpose of a shower of rain and helps to keep the red spider from the leaves This insect is very injurious 

 to them, and prevents their growth from being properly matured, which is one reason, no doubt, why we sec 

 so many failures with these plants. Water poured upon the tables which they stand on, causes a moist at* 

 mosphere to rise up among them, and is greatly conducive to their health- 



The soil we have found best suited to the Dim is good fibrous peal used in rather a rough state, and 

 with a little silver sand, well-rotted manure, and live sphagnum-moss added to it ; this should be mixed well 

 together and used with good drainage, and a little moss or rough peat may be advantageously employed 

 to keep Ike drainage open. Shallow pots or pans are the best to grow them in, and during the growing 

 and flowering scawi they should be kept in the greenhouse as near the glass as possible, which will cause 

 them to gain strength and flower freely; the roots arc to be kept well watered during their growth, and 

 they must have a proper rest after blooming. The most suitable time for letting them, is just as they arc 

 beginning to make roots; and Ihcy should be polled an inch below the pot rim. 



They arc easily propagated, as they throw up suckers in abundance. These should be left till well 

 rooted, and then taken off and potted in the material recommended for established plants, after which 

 they must be kept moist and in the shade until they make fresh roots. When they get established, place 

 them near the lighl, and apply more water to the roots. As already mentioned, the plants are subject to 

 the attacks of red spider and thrips which must be subdued by constantly syringing both under and over 

 the leave* 



