ANTHURIUM. 
Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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together, into 3-inch pots, half-filled with | 
drainage. Material similar to that in 
which the seeds were sown should be 
used. Keep the soil well moistened, 
for this Anthurium is a swamp plant, and 
cannot endure to be dry at the roots. Keep 
through the winter in a temperature of 55° 
or 60°, and a few degrees warmer in the 
day. This is considerably hotter than is 
requisite for them when they get larger ; 
but the object now is to push them on 
without loss of time. About the begin- 
ning of March move singly to small pots, 
in material such as used before, with a 
little fibrous peat added; through the 
spring and summer keep at about 60° or 65° 
by night, with a proportionate rise in the 
day. Treat as to moisture, light, air, and 
shade as advised for last summer. By the 
end of June give 4 or 5 inch pots, accord- 
ing to the size they have attained; the 
soil they now require is one-half the best 
fibrous peat to about an equal quantity of 
chopped sphagnum, with a liberal addition 
of sand and broken crocks or charcoal, 
half-filling the pots with drainage. Treat 
as hitherto recommended up to the end of 
September, wintering as before. Again 
pot them in the spring, giving pots 2 or 
3 inches larger. This summer they may 
be allowed to open a few flowers. Most of 
the plants will differ more or less in the 
size, shape, and depth of colour in the 
blooms. Remove them before they form 
seeds, as the progress of the plants will 
be stopped if they are allowed to do 
so. Those that have the largest and best 
formed flowers should be marked, and 
have special encouragement. As they grow 
up into a useful decorative size they may 
be kept at a temperature of 50° in the 
night during the winter, and should not 
receive so much water, but still enough to 
keep them growing. They will make the 
strongest leaves in the winter ; through the 
spring and summer let the temperature be 
10° or 15° higher in the night, and propor- 
tionately more in the day. They will go 
on making larger leaves and flowers until 
they get five or six years old, as well as 
forming numbers of crowns, increasing the 
bulk of the plants for an indefinite time, 
rovided the soil is never allowed to 
ecome sour and adhesive—in which case 
the roots are sure to perish. To avoid 
this, each year when repotting get as much 
of the old exhausted material away as can 
be done without injuring the roots. From 
the time the plants have got to a useful 
flowering size, the best time to repot is in 
the summer, after the principal blooming 
is over; when this is will depend upon 
the temperature they are kept in during 
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the early spring, as the warmer they are 
the earlier they throw up the main lot of 
flowers. 
The white form of A. Scherzerianum 
requires treating in every way like the 
red variety. Both can be increased by 
division of the crowns, and by pieces of 
the rhizome in the manner described for A. 
candidum and A. floribundum. 
A. Andreanum. This is a most beau- 
tiful species, quite distinct from all others.. 
The spathes are large, heart-shaped, corru- 
gated on the surface like the cartilage of 
the human ear, bright scarlet in colour, 
and shining asif newly varnished. The 
lower portion of the spadix is white, 
towards the extremity yellow ; it droops 
in front of the spathe, and by the contrast 
in colour seems to intensify the brightness 
of the latter. Itis one of the most remark- 
able and beautiful plants that has appeared 
in recent years. It will require keeping 
somewhat warmer than A. Scherzerianum. 
From Colombia. 
A.ornatum. Has medium-sized leaves. 
The spathes are 6 inches long, white in 
colour; spadix purple. A native of 
Venezuela. 
A. Scherzerianum Wardit. Is a very 
distinct and desirable form of the red 
species, with immensely broad spathes, 
which are bright scarlet in colour. 
InsEcts.—Thrips and greenfly are both 
partial to the leaves and flowers ; but the 
continuous syringing advised is generally 
sufficient to keep them in check, otherwise 
they may be killed by fumigation. Brown 
scale thrives upon the leaves, and must be 
kept under by sponging ; so may mealy 
bug, should they become affected with it. 
ANTHURIUM. 
(Ornamental leaved.) 
Amongst Anthuriums there are many 
very handsome and distinct plants hardly 
surpassed by any of the fine-leaved stove 
subjects now so much cultivated. Numbers 
of the species are of an evergreen herbaceous 
habit, producing large handsome foliage of 
a beautiful velvety texture; they are mostly 
from warm countries, and need a good 
amount of heat in which to grow satis- 
factorily. They are increased by division 
of the crowns and by suckers, which most 
of the species when strong produce more 
or less freely. They may be divided, or 
suckers may be taken off, at any time 
during spring or summer, when growth is. 
active, but spring is preferable, just as 
growth is about to commence. It is not 
well to remove the suckers until they 
