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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



cartilage of the human ear/' having the colour and appearance of the brightest red sealing- 

 wax newly varnished,, to which the milk-white spadix, tipped with greenish-yellow, drooping 

 straight down in front, offers a decided contrast. The spathes evidently keep their red 

 effective colour long after the very small flowers have passed away. The foliage is some- 

 what broader and larger than that of A. Scherzerianum, and also somewhat paler in colour. 

 From the appearance of many hundreds that have been imported and sold in a living but 

 dormant state, the plant is evidently epiphytal, although we understand it is also found 

 growing on the ground as well as scrambling up tall trees ; and we have no doubt but that 

 under cultivation it will conform to ordinary pot treatment, like the other species that have 

 been introduced. 



It should be potted in very open material, such as most Orchids will grow in. The 

 fibrous part of good brown peat, with all the earthy matter removed, added to an equal 

 quantity of chopped sphagnum and a sprinkling of broken crocks, with a little sand, will 

 meet its requirements. One thing indispensable to growing A. Scherzerianum — inattention 

 to which causes the bad condition that fine species frequently gets into — is to completely 

 renew the potting material sufficiently often. When this is not done it gets so far 

 decomposed and sodden as to rot the roots, and we feel sure that A. Andraeanum will be 

 affected in like manner if permitted to remain similarly too long in the same soil, for, like 

 the rest of the Anthuriums, it will require abundance of water when growing, and must 

 never be allowed to get dry even when at rest. It will also need plenty of drainage in the 

 pots, and we expect, from the country it comes from, it must have a good amount of 

 heat. Of this latter it will no doubt require mare than A. Seherzerianum, which succeeds 

 best in an intermediate house, and is often injured by being kept too hot. 



