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and petals have crimson spots on a yellow ground, and the lip 

 is deep crimson. It lasts two or three weeks in good condition. 

 Also a rare plant. There is a fine plate of this in the second 

 series of Warner's " Illustrated Orchids." 



A. Ruckeri sanguinea. — This very fine variety is precisely 

 like the preceding in habit, but the flowers are a deep rich 

 blood colour, very rare in cultivation ; a native of Columbia. 



A. uniflora. — A good species from Columbia, which flowers 

 very freely ; the blossoms are white, and are produced in June 

 and July, lasting two or three weeks in flower. 



A. virginaUs. — A pretty species, likewise from Columbia, 

 which grows about a foot high, with dark green bulbs; the 

 blossoms, which are white, spotted all over with dark brown, 

 are produced in June and July, and last three weeks in bloom. 

 A rare species. 



Ansellia. 



Three of this genus at least are well worth growing ; they 

 are noble free-flowering Orchids, growing about three feet high, 

 and blooming in winter, when they produce large spikes of 

 flower, which, if kept in a cool-house, last long in perfection. 

 Ansellias require good-sized pots, as they root very freely, and 

 are of easy culture, provided they get the heat of the East 

 Indian house while growing, and a good supply of water at the 

 roots ; care is, however, necessary in watering, for the young 

 growths are apt to rot if water lies in the heart. A. africana 

 was fii'st found in Fernando Po, at the foot of a palm-tree, by 

 the late Mr. John Ansell. All of them are propagated by 

 dividing their bulbs after they have finished their growth, or 

 just after they have done blooming. 



A. africana. — A free-flowering noble Orchid, producing up- 

 right stems from three to four feet high, with light evergreen 

 foliage ; the flowers are produced on drooping branching 

 spikes ; sepals and petals yellow, spotted all over with dark 



