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ACHIMENES GRANDIFLORA. 
started into growth in a stove or pit supplied with bottom-heat, where it may be 
kept till it is about to flower. When in a flowering state, it may gradually be 
removed to a warm greenhouse or cool stove, where it will bloom profusely. 
Having been named, on the Continent, A. GMeshrechtianum, it is sometimes 
met with under that title, or a corruption of it. The hybridist will most likely 
find it of great value in obtaining a new race, when allied with A, longiflora or 
A. coccinea ; as we are happy to see that the tribe seems likely to hybridize 
freely. 
