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lasts two or three weeks in good condition. Also a rare 

 plant. 



A.uniflora. A good species from Columbia, flowers freely; 

 the blossoms are white, and are produced in June and July, 

 lasting two or three weeks in flower. 



A. virginalis. 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. 



Two of this genus at least are well worth growing ; both 

 are noble free-flowering Orchids, growing about four 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 India house while growing, and a good supply of water 

 at the roots ; be careful, however, not to wet the young 

 growths, as that might cause them to rot. A. Africana was 

 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 

 upright stems from three to four feet high, with light ever- 

 green foliage ; the flowers are pale yellow, spotted all 

 over with dark brown ; lip yellow ; keeps in beauty for two 

 months. I have seen upwards of one hundred flowers on 

 one spike. 



A. Africana gigantea. A very fine variety of the preceding, 

 producing upright spikes from the top of the bulbs ; it 

 flowers about the same time and is of the same colour as 

 Africana, lasting a long time in perfection ; very rare. 



