292 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUILE. 



The Anaectochili usually bloom in the autumn, and from that time 

 until the spring have a thorough rest, provided the temperature is 

 not so high as to excite them prematurely. The flower-spikes must 

 be removed, for they weaken the plants, and do not add to their 

 beauty, and throughout the resting period the temperature should 

 range from 55 to 60 degrees. When they commence to make new 

 growth in the spring, the temperature should be raised five degrees, 

 and in a short period afterwards another five degrees. Bottom-heat 

 is altogether unnecessary, and the bottom of the case should be 

 covered with shingle of some kind upon which to stand the pots. 



There are some thirty species in cultivation, but they differ 

 considerably in merit ; a few are most difficult of cultivation ; and 

 a complete collection is not desirable. A selection of them will 

 suffice for ordinary purposes ; and the ten finest are — 



Anoedochilus argenteus, a free-growing species ; the leaves large^ 

 light green, with bright silvery lines. 



A. Domini, a handsome hybrid ; the leaves are dark olive-green, 

 with a pale coppery tinge down the centre ; the main ribs marked 

 out by pale lines, and connected by means of pale reticulations. 



A. intermedius is one of the most beautiful and easily grown ; 

 the leaves are dark olive, beautifully striped with gold. 



A. Lowi is one of the finest of the genus ; the leaves are very 

 large, being four to five inches long and three broad; ground purplish 

 bronze, varied and reticulated with bright gold. 



A. niaculatus, a free-growing species ; dark green leaves, beauti- 

 fully frosted with silver. 



A.petola, a pretty species, the velvety leaves banded with gold. 

 A. Roxburgld is rather difiicult to grow ; the leaves are of a dark 

 velvety green, beautifully veined with silver. 



A. setaceus is a beautiful species, of free growth ; the ground 

 colour bright chocolate overlaid with a rich reticulation of the most 

 refulgent gold. 



A. Veitcki, a robust species, with rather large leaves of a light 

 green, with a rich reticulation. 



A. xanthophyllus, a superb species of free growth; the ground 

 colour rich purplish brown, with yellowish band down the centre, 

 and overlaid with reticulations of tije brightest gold. 



A NEW FORM OF FRUIT-ROOM. 



BY J. JAMES, 

 Head Gardener, Bedleee, iBleworth. 



[HE crops of apples and pears are, this year, so abundant 

 in all parts of the country, that some difiiculty will be 

 experienced by many owners of gardens in providing 

 room for their storage, and a few words explanatory of 

 an improved fruit-room will probably be read with 

 Eome amount of interest. 



