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grown from the tuber, so that a plant or two grown from the tuber is 

 desirable even for the certainty of a stock. 



Achimenes pedunculata and hirsuta also bloom more freely, when 

 raised from cuttings, but they become more dwarf than when pro- 

 duced from the tuber. 



Achimenes longiflora and grandiflora flourish admirably when 

 treated as a coccinea, if fine specimens be the object; but dwarfcr 

 ones are readily obtained by having a proportionate poor compost. 

 They will do well, and produce a pretty effect, if grown in baskets, 

 and be suspended, as is done with many of the Orchidese ; the stems 

 hang over the sides, and bloom very freely. 



The Achimenes rosea requires in all respects the treatment given 

 to Achimenes coccinea. Allowing of the tubers to push steins before 

 separating and potting them in spring, is much more successful than 

 Jimt separating the tubers before pushing; this is applicable espe- 

 cially with A. coccinea, rosea, grandiflora, pedunculata, hirsuta, and 

 longiflora. The entire management is very simple, and easily accom- 

 plished, and the reward a most ample display of lovely flowers. 



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NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE, 



New or Rare Plants. 



Ansei.ua Ahiiicana. African Ansei.i.ia. (Bot. Reg. 30.) Orchidacese. 

 Gynandria Monandria. When Mr. Ansell was ill from the effects of the Niger 

 Expedition at Fernando Po, he foui.d growing on the stems of the oil palm an 

 epiphyte with a slender jointed stem ahout two feet long, and long three-ribbed 

 leaves, having a terminal panicle of numerous flowers, of a pale green ground 

 colour, beautifully spotted with dark purple. It has bloomed in the collection 

 of .Messrs. Loddiges's, and very splendidly in the collection of the Rev. John 

 Clowes, at Broughton. The panicle bears from 30 to 40 flowers. Kach blossom 

 is about two inches across. It is a most beautiful species, and deserves to be in 

 ever}' collection. 



Hi'.ai montxa ciKANDiKi-ouA. Great-i-lowekkd. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Apocy- 

 e. Pentandria Monogyuia. Au evergreen hothouse climber, a vigorous 

 growing plant, hut now found to bloom freely when coiled round a trellis. The 

 flower is nearly as large as Magnolia grandiflora, large tube, and a magnificent 

 fine spreading limb ; white, with a dark throat. It is a noble flowering plant, 

 and having been found to bloom well, treated as above named, it will form a line 



