ANTHURIUM. 



Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 



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two months of the year and two first of the 

 ensuing one 60° at night will be sufficient, 

 allowing 6" or 8° more by day. When 

 possessed of a fair amount of stock, instead 

 of cutting the plants up into j^ieces, as has 

 just been recommended, be content with 

 severing a joint or two from the base in the 

 spring just before growth commences, at 

 the same time removing the plants into 

 fresh material if the old seems getting too 

 much decomposed. In this way large pots 

 of handsome full-sized crowns can always 

 be had, and the stock increased as well. 

 Whenever they show signs of flower- 

 ing, cut the bloom-spikes out as soon as 

 they can be got at, as removing them 

 strengthens the plants. 



The following are some of the most 

 handsome and distinct kinds : — 



A. argenteus. Very distinct from the 

 golden-nerved kinds. It has pale green 

 leaves, netted with silver veins, glistening 

 like frozen dew. Brazil. 



A. argenteus pidus. Like A. argenteus, 

 with the addition of a pale silvery band 

 down the middle of the leaves. Brazil. 



A. Daiosonianus. A strong, erect-grow- 

 ing plant, with very dark leaves. Distinct 

 in habit. Malacca. 



A. imjimalis (sijn. : A.petola). Avery 

 fine kind, the leaves of Avhich are pale 

 olive-green, with light-coloured veins. 

 Java. 



A. intermedins. A strong-growing kind 

 with handsomely marked foliage, not quite 

 so bright in the veins as A. setaceus. Java. 



A. Lobbii. A scarce sort, that forms 

 large leaves of a deep ground colour, 

 charmingly relieved with light veins. Java. 



A. Loivii. A large-growing distinct 

 species, and very handsome. It forms very 

 large, broad, velvety leaves of almost a 

 black-green colour, beautifully relieved by 

 light-green veins. A slow groAver. Borneo. 



A. Lowii virescens. A distinct form, with 

 paler coloured leaves. Very beautiful. 

 Borneo. 



A. setaceus. A free- growing species, 

 with dark reddish-l)iown -elvety leaves 

 covered with a netwoik C'l' transparent 

 golden veins. Ceylon. 



A, setaceus cordatus. A form of the 

 above with deeper coloured veins. Java. 



A. xantJiophyllus. A very distinct and 

 handsome sort, which, in addition to the 

 veining, has a broad liand of lighter colour 

 running down the middle of the leaves. 

 Ceylon. 



Insects. — Greenfly sometimes affect 

 Anoectochilus, getting on the under sides 

 of the lea\'es. Immediately their presence 

 is detected fumigate with tobacco, lejieat- 

 ing the application until all are destroyed. 



ANOPTERUS GLANDULOSUS. 



A large-growing evergreen shrub, with, 

 handsome leaves, suitable for a roomy hoiisc^, 

 for which alone it is adapted. 



It can be increased and grown in the 

 way advised for Clethras, which see. Thei-e 

 is only this species in cultivation ; it bear.- 

 white' flowers, which appear in winter, oi 

 early spring. A native of Van Dieman'.s 

 Land. 



ANTHURIUM. 



(Flowering.) 



Of these there are several that will beai 

 a favourable comparison in their flowers 

 with the best plants brought into the 

 country in either recent or bygone times. 

 There are some that especially deserve a 

 place in even the most select collection of 

 blooming stove plants ; but as they require 

 somewhat different usage as to soil, it will 

 be necessary to treat of them separately. 



Amongst the more recent introductions 

 of Anthurium, is the white-spathed A. 

 candidum, from the United States ol 

 Colombia, a plant of somewhat slendei 

 habit, with rather small, erect, ovate, 

 lanceolate leaves, on proportionate foot 

 stalks ; the spathes are about 3h inches in 

 length. It associates well with A. flori- 

 bundum, a new Grenada species, which 

 has much broader, slightly lanceolate 

 h-aves, ilaik-green, and of compact habit ; 

 thr spat hey of this plant are also white, 

 and it lasts long in flower. Both may be 

 increased by division of the crowns taken 

 off in the spring, when they have made a 

 few roots from the base. That these exist 

 before the crowns are se})arated fioni the 

 parent plant is essential, as, if taken ott' 

 before they have formed runts independent 

 of the plant that lias prdducdl them, they 

 will be long in growing away freely. When 

 taken oft', place tlieni in pots just large 

 enough to permit of the roots being in- 

 serted without injury. They are surface 

 rooters, requiring an abundance of v/ater, 

 consequently they do not need a great 

 depth of soil, but must have plenty of 

 drainage material. Half fill the pots with 

 crocks ; the .soil should consist of fibrous 

 peat three parts, to one of flaky rotten 

 dung that has been well diied. Such as 

 has lain exposed on the surface for mulch- 

 ing a Vine border or an Aspaiagus bed is 

 in the best possible condition for the roots 

 of these Anthuriums ; add to these a fifth 

 part of leaf-mould, a good sprinkling of 

 crocks bi'oken the size of horse beans, and 

 a fair quantity of silver sand, mixing the 

 will lie well ti'Jxther. Do not, evtn whilst 



