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and produces a good spike of handsome pink flowers. Native 

 of Japan. 



MiCKOSTYUS. 



M. discolor. — There are several species of this curious 

 family in cultivation, aU interesting and desirable to those 

 who wish to have a general collection ; but the present one is 

 the prettiest, and well deserving a place with the Anmctochilus, 

 and it succeeds well under the same treatment ; the leaves are 

 deep reddish pm-ple, edged with green; the flowers, which are 

 small, and produced upon short upright spikes, are yellow, 

 changing to orange. Native of Geylon. 



PHYSUEtrS. 



This is a lovely class of plants, resembling An/rctGchihvi in 

 their beautiful foliage, and requiring the same treatment ; they 

 gi'ow about the same height, with a creeping stem, and are 

 propagated in the same way. Many of them will do well 

 grown without glasses, provided they are in a warm shady 

 house — in fact, sun will soon destroy them : they require 

 more moisture when grown without glasses. 



P. argcnti'ua. — ^A handsome distinct free-growing species, 

 with leaves two and a half inches long, one and a half broad, 

 and having stems four inches in height ; ground colour light 

 green, with well-defined silvery markings. This does not 

 require so much care as some others. I have seen it 

 grow in a warm house without a bell-glass, with a good 

 supply of water at the roots, in a shady place. Native of 

 Brazil. 



P. argentena jiicUia. — A beautiful and distinct sort, growing 

 five inches high, and having leaves three inches long, and one 

 and a half broad ; each leaf is edged with dark green, and 

 has a handsome silver-frosted band down the centre. A very 



