MAY. 



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succeed equally well in large pots or planted out in 

 a border in the stove. Be sure to give it a free 

 drainage, otherwise it will do no good. 



Water. — When the plants are in a free growing 

 state give plenty of water, but little when they are 

 at rest. 



Heat. — During their dormant state, from 40° to 

 60°, with a dry atmosphere : when growing freely, 

 from 60° to 100° fire heat. 



P. N. DON. 



K^JVIPFERIA ELEGANS. 

 Class, Monandria. Order, Monogynia. 



SciTAMINE.E. 



Native of East Indies, 1828. — Propagation, di- 

 vision. 



This is a small but beautiful plant ; the leaves 

 are ovate and acuminate, and slightly striped. The 

 flowers proceed from the base of the leaf, and rise 

 two or three inches ; they are of a bluish purple 

 colour, and large in comparison to the size of the 

 plant : they are the flower of a day only, but are 

 produced in succession for two or three months. 

 In the month of February turn the plant out of its 

 pot, shake all the soil from its roots, and repot the 

 plant in light rich fibrous loam, draining the pot 

 well previously. When repotted, place it on the 

 bark bed in the stove ; give it but little water until 

 it commences growing, then use water more freely 



