HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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pot in good sandy loam, drain the pots well, and 

 after the wood is ripened it must never he allowed 

 to suffer from drought. 



A. nobilis (the only species). — When mature it 

 attains a height of forty feet. The leaves are large, 



Ananassa. — -From Kanas, its local name in South 

 America. This is a genus of Bromeliacece, and 

 it includes the plant which produces that most 

 delicious of all fruits, the Pin-e-apple, The species 

 quoted here do not produce large fruits, although 



Anthtjeicm Veitchii. 



equally pinnate, dull purple when young, changing 

 with age to deep green ; racemes ovate, pendulous, 

 and very large ; flowers rich brilliant vermilion, 

 with three yellow spots on each. They are destitute 

 of any fragrance. The plant was first flowered at 

 Chatsworth, and was planted out in a small house in 

 which Pitcher -plants and other heat and moisture- 

 loving subjects were most successfully cultivated. 

 Spring and early summer. 



they are edible, but they are introduced on account 

 of the extreme beauty of their foliage. For soil use 

 good rich loam, with a small portion of vegetable 

 mould, drain the pots well, and supply with strong 

 bottom heat ; very good specimens are grown without 

 bottom heat, but the colours are far richer when it 

 is applied to them. 



A. Portcana. — A plant with a rosulate habit of 

 growth like the common Pine-apple ; the leaves 



