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4. C. Chantini. Leaves bright clear green, densely speckled 

 with white ; nervure crimson ; very gay and beautiful. 



5. C. Wightii. Leaves clear pea-green, sprinkled here and 

 there with crimson and white blotches ; a very beautiful plant. 



Richardia. 



R. Ethiopica PIG LILY. A most noble object when in 

 blossom, with its large, pure white, wash-leather-like spathe 

 surmounting its great luxuriant, dark-green arrow-headed leaves. 

 A native of the salt-marshes at the Cape. Quite naturalised 

 seemingly at Ootacamund, but very rarely seen in blossom in 

 Calcutta. I have raised plants in abundance from seed from the 

 Cape, and been so fortunate as to have the plant in blossom two 

 years from the time of sowing. Sir J. Paxton's directions for 

 the cultivation of it in Europe apply equally well to this country. 



" In potted plants the leaves generally begin to decay about May, 

 when move the pot into open air, and give plenty of solar light, 

 and only sufficient water to prevent the leaves from dying off 

 suddenly. When the leaves are completely withered, remove to 

 where it can be preserved from wet. Sprinkle the soil occasionally 

 to prevent it from becoming dust dry. In November pot it, and 

 water more liberally. Soil, sandy loam, with slight admixture of 

 leaf-mould and rotten manure." 



While in vigorous growth put the pots in pan-feeders, con- 

 tinually supplied with water, in a situation where the plant may 

 have as much light as possible, short of absolute sunshine, which 

 would turn the leaves brown. It blossoms at the end of March. 

 During the Kains the dormant rhizomes are very apt to rot ; 

 therefore, if they are kept wet at all, they are better preserved 

 perhaps by being exposed continually to the rain than by being 

 subject to the stale moisture of any covered place. It is said 

 to " grow as an aquatic, placed in its pot at the bottom of a 

 pond not deeper than three feet." Propagated easily by divi- 

 sion in October when the plants are repotted. 



PANDANACE^E. 



Pandanus. 



P. odoratissimus SCREW PINE. Keora Ketukee. A large 

 shrub, ten or twelve feet high, native of Bengal, and very com- 



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