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singular beauty. The roots are of a curious cha- 

 racter, having the appearance of an insect of the 

 maggot kind. Before the middle of March, let the 

 roots be collected together out of the several pots 

 and the strongest of them planted in No. 60, one 

 in each pot, in the following soil : one part dung, 

 one leaf mould, one loam, and about one sixth cally 

 sand ; place the pots in the warmest part of the 

 flower-house ; shift as the pots fill with the roots 

 until they are in No, 24, in w T hich let them remain 

 for flowering : if the plants are not of sufficient 

 growth to be in No. 24 size pots by the end of July, 

 let them continue in the pots in which they may be 

 at that time, for if they are shifted later, they will 

 not blossom in such a mass as they will if the pot 

 be full of roots. As they come into flower, remove 

 them into the conservatory. When the flowering 

 season is over, place them on shelves in the green- 

 house, and withhold water altogether until you re- 

 plant them in March following. By this method 

 much finer plants will be obtained than when three 

 or four are allowed to grow in one pot. 



There is now an addition to this genus which 

 may be purchased at any nursery, Achimenes longi- 

 flora. 



