44 Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
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have made some roots, or a portion 
of their leaves will be liable to go off 
before they get established, but when they 
have formed a few roots and pushed down 
into the soil, the suckers can, as a rule, be 
cut off and the roots be got with them 
entire; they should at once be put 
separately into small pots and kept a 
little, but not too close. They will 
usually be found to grow away without 
much check, and only need to have more 
pot-room given them as they increase 
in size. If wanted very large, good- 
sized pots will ultimately be required, as 
many of the species are strong growers. 
Their roots are much inclined to keep on 
the surface, and on this account the pots 
should be deeply drained, which is also 
necessary as they need water plentifully 
during the growing season. Good turfy 
peat with some sand and small crocks 
added _is the best material to grow them 
in. They will thrive through the spring 
in a temperature of 60° to 65° by night, 
raising the heat during the day, and as the 
season gets further advanced 70° in the 
night and 80° or 85° in the day will not be 
too much when the weather is warm. 
Place them where they will get a fair 
amount of light, but shade must be ap- 
plied. when the sun is at all powerful. 
Give air on favourable occasions, and 
Syringe overhead freely once a day whilst 
any growth is going on. A night tempera- 
ture of 60° to 65°, with 10° more in the 
day, will be heat enough through the 
winter, The strongest-growing species 
can be grown to a large size if desired 
simply by not dividing them and by 
giving sufficient root space. 
The undermentioned are all good kinds : 
A. Brown. A strong-growing species, 
with tall stems, bearing leaves 3 feet long, 
cordate-lanceolate in shape. Colombia. 
A. crystallinum. This has very large 
beautiful massive leaves of a pale olive 
green, the midrib and principal nerves 
having a distinct white band running 
their whole length. It comes from New 
Grenada. 
A. magnificum. A handsome species, 
with large leaves 2 feet across, deep green 
in colour, and of a silky appearance ; the 
nerves are white. A native of Brazil. 
A. Margaritacewm. This has neat foli- 
age, but its principal attraction is the 
numerous clusters of lilac berries that it 
bears, and which are produced freely. 
A. regale. A very stout-growing plant, 
with handsome large leaves. South 
America. 
A. Veitchii. Has leaves from 2 feet to 3 
feet long by 10 inches wide ; colour, deep 
green with a metallic tint, the surface waved 
and very distinct in appearance. A native 
of Colombia. 
A. Warocqueanum. Has leaves which 
are arrow-shaped and from 24 inches to 
30 inches long, deep green and velvety in 
texture, the midrib and veins being almost 
white—a grand plant. From New Grenada. 
Insects. —The leaves of these Anthu- 
riums, being large and comparatively few in 
number, do not offer much shelter for insects, 
which are generally kept in check by the 
regular use of the syringe through the 
growing season. Should mealy bug or 
scale effect a lodgment, they must be 
sponged off carefully, so as not to bruise or 
injure the leaves. 
ANTIGRAMMA BRAZILIENSE. 
A stove species of Fern with well-marked 
character, distinct in appearance, and a 
desirable kind. From Brazil. 
For propagation and cultivation, see 
Ferns, general details of culture. 
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These splendid autumn and winter 
blooming plants rank amongst the finest 
ornaments of the stove, and are deserving of 
general cultivation ; the fact that they come 
into flower when the greater number of the 
summer bloomers are on the wane makes 
them doubly acceptable. They possess the 
twofold merit of flowering as freely 
in a small state as they do when grown up 
to large specimens, and this gives them the 
advantage of being suitable for those who 
require plants for the decoration of large 
houses as well as for those of less preten- 
sions. Another matter of importance is 
that their growth can be so regulated as to 
have them in flower over a lengthened 
period in succession ; from early in Sep- 
tember to considerably later on some of the 
varieties, especially the charming A. Roezlii, 
can be had in bloom up to late in the 
spring, when its bright orange scarlet- 
coloured spikes and ample shining leaves 
afford an admirable contrast to anything else. 
One of the finest of the genus is the well- 
known A. cristata, which was intreduced 
from the West Indies, and which, when 
well managed, with its gorgeous crested 
spikes of orange scarlet flowers produced 
from the points of the shoots, is one of the 
most beautiful autumn ornaments of the 
warm conservatory. It succeeds in either 
peat or loam ; in the former its ample stout 
leaves grow to a larger size and assume a 
deeper shade of green ; in loam it makes 
shorter growth, and generally produces its 
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