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tiaie who, possessing an old-fashioned garden like that at Hampton 

 Court, could rise to the occasion, and fill it well and boldly with 

 equally interesting and appropriate old-fashioned hardy flowers. 



Anthurium Andreanum in reality is, after all, a far finer and more 

 effective plant than either drawings or descriptions have yet led us to 

 believe. I saw many plants of it in brilliant array of many spathes 

 some few days ago, and shall not forget the sight. Originally discovered 

 by M. Triana, the honour of introducing it alive to Europe for the 

 first time remains to Mr Ed. Andre. The brilliancy of the sculptured 

 spathe as seen in the sunlight is wonderful, quite putting Schertzer's 

 plant into the shade, while its spathes endure for ten or twelve weeks 

 in perfection. In " another place " I saw a marvellous variety of this 

 plant amongst a mass of Orchids in bloom. The effect of it was won- 

 derful, its scarlet effulgence heightened by contrast with the great 

 snowy flowers of Dendrobium formosum giganteum, Odontoglossum 

 Alexandras, and the drooping sprays of Oncidium Rogersi, and other 

 choice species. 



Second only in value to the pearly Eucharis are Pancratium fra- 

 grans and rotatum, and their near ally Hymenocallis macroste- 

 phana. All are most valuable for choice white flowers during the 

 autumnal months, and when once well established, no plants can 

 possibly be easier to cultivate and bloom. Of the same class and 

 culture is Urceolina pendula, with its gracefully drooping golden 

 bells, and just now very freely produced. So much for the stove. 

 For the conservatory or greenhouse few plants can rival the old 

 and well-known Valotta purpurea when well grown. The great 

 secret with all bulbous plants of this class is to grow them on until the 

 pots are filled with bulbs and roots, after which time the plants may 

 be judiciously assisted when growing by an occasional allowance of 

 liquid manure, or a handful or two of soot, guano, and bone-meal, well 

 mixed together with a little potting soil. 



A plant introduced years ago with a great flourish of big trumpets 

 is now very rarely seen. I allude to the fruiting Myrtle, Eugenia 

 ugni. It produces its black-currant-like fruits very freely ; and by 

 some its Strawberry-like flavour, blended with a Pine-apple-like per- 

 fume, is much admired. It is well worth a place in a cool conservatory, 

 and may be grown in the open air during the summer months. 



Calceolaria bicolor is a most effective old species when well grown. 

 I saw it in a cool greenhouse the other day at Mr Joad's of Wimbledon, 

 trained up a rafter, and admired its masses of yellow and white flowers. 

 The plant was growing in a deep border of light loamy soil. The annual 

 C. chelidonoides is, I find, much admired, although a weed on our 



