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able potting mixture, and this must be kept moist at all seasons of 

 the year, although when the plants cease to make fresh growth, less 

 moisture will suffice than at other seasons. 



Two good Ancectochilus are A. concinnus, olive-green with 

 reddish veins, and A. regalis, dark bronzy-green with gold veins. 

 The two members of this group most easily managed are Hjemaria 

 Dawsoniana {Ancectochilus Da-wsonianus)^ and Macodes Petola 

 [Ancectochilus Petolus) ; the former has rich green leaves, shaded 

 with olive, and beautifully marked with bright copper-coloured 

 veins ; and the latter has broad olive-green leaves, exquisitely 

 veined with bright yellow. Other beautiful things are Dossinia 

 MARMORATA [AnnoetochHus Lowii)^ Goodyera picta, G. Rollis- 

 soNi, Ancectochilus Sanderianus and A. setaceus. But there 

 are many others of almost equal beauty that may be obtained 

 when a fair amount of success has inspired the cultivator and 

 given him sufficient confidence to warrant their purchase. 



ANSELLIA 



Where there is a stove or East Indian House one or more 

 Ansellias should be cultivated, because few plants grown in such 

 heated structures are so noble or so free flowering. The various 

 species are chiefly from Tropical Africa, and grow from two feet 

 to four feet high. As their flowering season under cultivation is 

 Winter, and usually January, their usefulness is great, especially 

 when it is remembered that the drooping, branching spikes of 

 A. africana carry from thirty to a hundred flowers. All the 

 species root freely, and in the case of established plants the roots 

 often rise above the compost, and make quite a little thicket on top 

 of the pot. It is necessary, therefore, to provide pots of good size. 



