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lanceolate leaves, of a deep olive green, striped with copper- 

 coloured lines. Native of India. 



GOODYEKA. 



An interesting class of plants, with a compact habit of growth. 

 Many of them have dark velvety-like foliage, marked with gold 

 and silver lines down the centre of the leaves, and some of the 

 kinds have silver and gold markings spread over the entire 

 surface of the foliage, like the genus AnactocMlus. The plants 

 have thick fleshy roots, and push from underground stems, 

 forming beautiful round dwarf plants ; the flower spikes, 

 which issue from the centre of the foliage, attain a height of from 

 six to ten inches ; some of the kinds have delicate white 

 flowers, especially G. discolor, which is one of the prettiest 

 white winter-flowering plants grown, very useful for bouquets, 

 as well as for other purposes. Of this genus there are many 

 fine species yet to be introduced to our gardens. Some are of 

 easy culture, while others are difficult to manage, but with care 

 all may be had in perfection, and when this is attained, they 

 amply repay any trouble that may have been bestowed. If grown 

 in small pots, and intermixed with AnactocMlus, they have a 

 fine appearance, the foliage of the Goodyeras forming a beauti- 

 ful contrast with them; they do not, however, require the 

 same attention — on the contrary, they will do in any close 

 house where there is a httle warmth. I grow many of them 

 in five and six-inch pots for blooming in the winter season, 

 placing about six plants in a pot; they should be grown 

 strongly, so as to ensure abundance of bloom. The soil I use is 

 peat and sand, with a little loam, and I give a liberal supply 

 of water to the roots during the growing season. They are 

 propagated by cutting up the plants so as to have a piece of root 

 attached to each piece ; they may be grown where there is 

 no Orchid house, as mixed stoves suit them perfectly. 



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