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VARIEGATED OPwCHIDS. 



then cut it off from the old piece, and treat it in the same 

 way as the part first removed, leaving the old piece in the 

 pot, which will throw up again, and form another plant. I 

 have raised many plants in this way from the old stocks. 

 I have heard that they may be propagated by a process 

 similar to that employed for increasing Gloxinias, viz. 

 taking the leaves off and putting tbem in silver sand, 

 under bell-glasses ; but I have never tried that way my- 

 self. It is, however, worth a trial ; and if they can be so 

 raised, it will make them more plentiful, as some of them 

 are very scarce plants at present. 



The following list contains all that I have seen in cul- 

 tivation. 



AncBctochilus argentem. — The commonest of the genus; 

 very free-growing species, with bright, clear, green foliage, 

 and silver-coloured markings. This is a very distinct 

 plant, and of remarkably easy culture. 



AncB. intermedius. — A very pretty species in the way of 

 setaceus, but not so handsome. It grows about the same 

 height. The foliage is smaller and less pointed than in 

 argenteus, with a surface resembling a soft silky substance. 

 Its colour is of dark olive, striped and veined with gold. 



AncB. Lowii. — A charming species from Borneo; the 

 finest of all the genus : grows six inches high, with leaves 

 four inches long and three broad, resembling very much 

 the finest kinds of velvet. Their colour is rich dark green, 

 shading off to mellow orange-brown, intersected from the 

 stalk to the point by well-defined lines of a deep golden 

 colour, and crossed by bars or lines of the same attractive 

 hue. This remarkable and valuable species has been but 

 recently introduced to this country. It was imported by 

 Mr. Hugh Low, of the Clapton Nurseries, who received it 

 from his son, at present a resident in Borneo, and who sent 

 home, at the same time, an interesting account of his 



