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rather more erect, ground-colour deep olive-green, 

 ■with a broad central hand of creamy-white, the 

 «dges armed with fine teeth. Philippine Islands. 



A. sativa variegata. — Leaves arranged in a rosulate 

 manner, some two or three feet long, beautifully 

 arched, and armed on the edges with recurved 

 spines ; the leaves are striped from base to apex 

 with alternate bands of green and creamy-yellow, 

 and (when grown in strong heat) suffused with rosy- 

 crimson. South America. 



Ancylogyne. — A genus of Acanthads possessing 

 ■very few showy species ; the species introduced here, 

 however, being an exception, and well deserving of 

 general cultivation for its extreme beauty. Pot in a 

 mixture of loam, peat, and leaf -mould in equal parts, 

 adding a little sharp sand. After flowering, this, 

 and the majority of the Aeanthmem, require catting 

 back hard in order to keep them bushy and well 

 furnished with leaves to the base. 



A. longiflora. — Sir Joseph Hooker in describing 

 this plant says : " It is undoubtedly one of the 

 finest tropical Acanthacece ever introduced into this 

 country, and cannot' fail to be a most important ac- 

 cession to our stoves." It is a somewhat shrubby 

 plant, with quadrangular stems, and ovate-oblong 

 acuminate, bright green leaves, some six to nine 

 inches long ; flowers produced in branching, droop- 

 ing panicles ; flowers tubular, about two inches 

 long, deep rich purple. Winter and spring months. 

 Guayaquil. 



Anthurium. — A large genus, belonging to the 

 Arum family, and deriving their generic name from 

 ttnthos, " a flower," and oure, "a tail," in reference 

 to the long cylindrical spadix upon which the flowers 

 are situated. Many or most of the species are natu- 

 rally epiphytal, but they conform readily to pot- 

 culture. Anthuriums for the most part are grown 

 for the sake of their beautiful leaves, but of late 

 years several kinds have been introduced, with mag- 

 nificent and gorgeous spathes, which are oftentimes 

 ■confounded with flowers. These are mostly thick 

 and leathery in texture, and consequently remain 

 a long time in fuU beauty. These plants should 

 be potted in rough peat and loam. They enjoy 

 a warm atmosphere abundantly charged with mois- 

 ture. 



A. Andreanwn. — This very fine plant is tufted in 

 habit ; petioles slender and erect, bearing a cordate- 

 oblong acuminate bright green leaf, eighteen inches 

 to two feet or more in length. The peduncle is 

 longer than the petioles, supporting a most brilliantly 

 coloured spathe and spadix. Spathe heart-shaped, 

 upwards of six inches long, with a bullate surface of 

 a uniform brilliant scarlet ; spadix about two inches 



long, ivory-white at the base, passing into pale 

 yellow at the point. Summer months. Columbia. 



A. eandidmn. — A small-growing species ; the leaves 

 . ovate-lanceolate and acuminate, dark green; peduncles 

 slender, longer than the leaves ; spathe ovate-acumi- 

 nate, from three to four inches long, an inch wide, 

 pure white. Columbia. 



A. cryataUinum.-^ThB leaves of this plant are ovate- 

 cordate, from one to two feet long, bronzy-green 

 when young, changing with age to deep green, the 

 midrib and principal- veins bordered with bright 

 silvery-white, which has the appearance of being 

 frosted. Tropical America. 



A. Dechardii. — In the description of this and 

 similar species we are told its magnificent flowers 

 are of such-and-such a colour. Now members 

 of scientific bodies should certainly have sufficient 

 scientific knowledge to know the difference between 

 a flower and a coloured leaf. The present species 

 is of moderate growth, and a very ornamental plant, 

 leaves oblong-acuminate and deep green ; peduncle 

 rising above the leaves, bearing a large' cordate- 

 acuminate pure white spathe, which is slightly 

 reflexed ; spadix erect, and creamy- white. Summer 

 months. New Grenada. 



A. insigne. — This species has no ornamental spathe, 

 but is a bold-growing ornamental-leaved kind. The 

 leaves are trifoliate, the divisions running dovm 

 almost to the base, middle lobe ovate-lanceolate and 

 acuminate, a third longer than the side lobes, which 

 are ovate-lanceolate and obtuse, the whole of a uni- 

 form rich deep green. Columbia. 



A. magniJicmn.^-'LesLYGS very handsome, on strong 

 examples some three feet long, cordate in shape, 

 ground-colour rich olive-green, the midrib and pri- 

 mary veins white. Brazil. 



A. ornatum. — This is another white - spathed 

 species of great beauty. Lea'ves ovate-cordate and 

 acuminate, thick and leathery in texture, and deep 

 green ; peduncle rising above the leaves, bearing a 

 large linear-oblong spathe, some six inches long, 

 slightly less than two inches broad, and pure white ; 

 spadix shorter than the spathe, dull purple, with 

 small white dots. Spring months. Venezuela. 



A. regale. — A fine majestic plant, with large 

 cordate-aciuninate leaves, some two feet or more 

 long, of a deep metaUio green, the primary veins 

 white ; when young the leaves are tinged -with pur- 

 plish-rose. New Grenada. 



A. Scherzerianum. — This, popularly known as the 

 " Flamingo Plant," is a compact-growing species, 

 and one that makes a gorgeous display in the stove. 

 It was discovered in Costa Rica by Herr Inspector 

 Wendland, the third generation of Wendlands who 

 have been royal gardeners at the palace of Herren- 

 hausen in Hanover, and was first brought to England 



