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CHAPTER XXIV. 



THE GENERA HUNTLEYA, CORYANTHES, AND 

 GRAMMATOPHYLLUM. 



These are inhabitants of the Phihppine 

 Islands and of various parts of South America, 

 where heat and moisture are great at certain periods 

 of the year : their flowers are more or less beau- 

 tiful, some of their species cannot be surpassed 

 for singularity of form, particularly those of the 

 genus Conjanthes. 



They succeed to admiration when grown in 

 pots; when the plants require to be repotted, it 

 should be done as soon as they are observed 

 to produce a fresh growth, and young roots are 

 about forming; then select a pot of sufficient size, 

 and particularly observe to supply an efficient 

 drainage, in the manner before directed; the 

 plants should then be potted two inches at least 

 above the rim, in a compost of turfy peat, and a 

 little sphagnum well chopped together, mixed 

 with a few small potsherds. They will require to 

 be watered cautiously for the first week or two, 

 or until they are forming other new roots ; after 



