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ie at Achimenes—continued. 
will not fall below 50deg., keeping the os ora (large-flowered).* fl. „oe purple, very large, 
sane until the time of starting again. Achimenes soli axillary ; limbs of corolla mg. June itt, Meee 
are liable to attacks of thrips, red-spider, and green-fly, 
especially if the atmosphere is kept dry; these are easily 
destroyed by fumigation with tobacco. This must only be 
done when the foliage is quite dry, otherwise the plants will 
suffer. Achimenes are especially beautiful when well 
arranged, especially if two or three varieties are mixed 
together, as white, red, and purple (Fig. 15). There are 
several methods of increasing these :—(1) By cuttings; 
these need not be cut off at a joint, as they will root from 
any portion of the stem. Insert them thickly in well- 
drained pots of sandy soil—say a mixture of equal parts of 
peat and sand—and place in bottom heat. (2) By leaves, 
which should be severed from the stems, and pricked in 
pots of similar soil to the cuttings, placing all the petiole 
below the surface; stand the pots in bottom heat. (3) By 
scales from the corms, which should be carefully rubbed off 
and sown, like seeds, in pots or pans of the same compost, 
“covered with sand, and placed in bottom heat. 
By seeds, which are very small, and, consequently, 
Fra. 16, FLOWER OF ACHIMENES LONGIFLORA. 
require to be carefully sown. The must be thoro 
4 drained and filled nearly to Tg levelled, paar 
p% watered with a fine rose, after which the seed should be 
thinly scattered, covered very lightly with sand, and p 
in a shady position. Keep oye roan and apply my 
very lightly, or the tiny germs will eager 4 Place a 
sheet of glass over the seed-pans. When the are 
large enough to handle, they may be pricked off and after- 
wards treated like rooted enttings. The best time for all 
modes of propagating is early spring. 
a A pieter all J crimson; tube of sr 
lindrical, saccate at base, pilose ; limb small, $ 
one-flowered. July, ‘August. . pilose, pnd 
, unequal. A. l4ft. y E g 
a (White)* f. white ; tube of corolla gibbous at base; 
t segment largest uncles axillary, 
fic June. unegui, obligue at base, 
ree pilose, mie igit. nane ka 
ae a )}* fl. scarlet; peduncles solitary, axillary. 
August. l three in a whorl, ovate, promienion, sons , with 
Parakey the axils. A». lift. Jamaica, 1778 
pen , with 
“Er pacha ol toed pein icles a flowered. 
aop ae arte l exico, 
at see Aegea lobes finely aag: 
Ere ito top. 
ovat; OTs iimo at base, sparingly fi nore as 
A. heterophylla (various mete gg fl. solitary or twin; corolla 
sentlely lebes cltabed. iets: posite, one smaller than the 
other, ‘cordate ovate, pc E gren coarsely serrated. k, lft. 
Mexico. Plant rather hairy. 
A. hirsuta (hairy). Jl. reddish, with yay eye ; limb of corolla 
flat, with rounded serrulate segmen peduncles one-flowered, 
July. l cordate, serrated. h. 24ft. Stem ‘yalhiforben. G 
18 Plant h: 
A. Kleei (Klee’ 8).* A lilac ; corolla dark near thé mouth, with a 
dash of Falon in the throat ; calyx downy ; uncles one- 
flowered. — L ovate, acuminate, serrated, A, 6in. Guate- 
mala, 1848. Plant hairy.. 
A.l o egora A. nat; ents of calyx lan- 
ceolate, erect ; Mort with a lo So sae be n ample spreading 
limb ; icels one-flowered. J en A 
st.- L three to four 
inaw rl, ovate or bags a my: Cog A, lft. Guate- 
mala, 1841. Plant hai 
A. multifiora enrages lilac ; sepals linear ; 
corolla E e ea be curv roundish, lower one 
fringed ; peduncles ye three in five-flowered. August. 
sppe or three in a ene oani Maipiy snd doubly serrated. 
Brazil, 1843. 
A. tama eh “x A reddish yellow, with dark 
peer orate, nearly equally et he oa ge oe a Autumn. 
beneath, —— Th 
A. patens (spreading). fl. violet, blue; calyx downy; tube 
RES h. itt. ling., June, ora, 
ong-stalked).* jl. scarlet, with yellow 
sokola drow Rar a oe = base; Basten " the e of te 
upper eN y. l rather uneq oblique meek, n 
serrated, Stem simple, downy. Guatemala, 1840. 
A. picta Beea jl. scarlet, with yellow eye; tube of calyx 
turbinate ; lobes of corolla roundish, three lower ones smallest; 
peduncles’ solitary or two-flowered, ed, axil lary one-flowered July. fi 
opposite, or three in a whorl, cordate-ovate, coarsely serrated, 
velvety, and ae painted. h. 1)ft. Mexico, 
A. rosea (i: . rose, ies, limb of corolla equal to tube ; 
pednocian RE gess manga June. l. sometimes three 
whorl, pilose, A. 1} Guatemala, 1848. 
The foregoing are the most important species known. 
Hybrid varieties are innumerable, and even surpass the 
species in beanty, the best of which are enumerated below 
in their respective colours. 
Bine and Kanpa Flowered, ADVANCE,* flowers reddish- 
purple, lighter at the eye, dwarf, and d free h habit; ARGUS,* rich 
plum, with deep orange eye, large and free; BUENZOD,* 
tiowers rich crimson purple apote. with orange in the centre, 
heri Arel free ; FICER rieh vi vay and free, 
compact habit; ee form, rich 
ne-p z Gaon * Ky Aes very large, 
the tube white outside ; Grannis, rich ged papie, with large 
shaded, a charming ety ; LADY SCARS- 
carm stronger eon in parple, shaded 
grower e 
freely prod rich blue gaats. one of a finest mhs m 
aos MADAME GEORGE, ~_. al shaded crimson; MAUVE 
* flowers very large, a distinct mauve, with a brownish 
eye-shade, very profuse, with a grand habit, one of the best; 
po ge meager ee * deep claret purple, orange throat with dark 
ve variety ; ROLLISONII,* flowers large, deep 
pte et blue, yellow throat, spotted with deep crimson, very 
omei VivicaNs,* dark carmine-purple, with crimson eye, 
| oh few blue rays streaking from the eye, habit good, and very 
Crimson and Scarlet Flowered. Av 
with yellow throat, very large, 
PORTH,* deep crimson, a 
DAZZLE, A Ga; „small, 
