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LiELTA ANCEPS. 
an agreeable fragrance, we shall have said that it is one of the most interesting of 
the tribe that has yet made its appearance/' 
It seems to prefer a hot and rather humid atmosphere, and to be placed 
so as not to receive the direct rays of the sun. We have a plant at Chats- 
worth, in a little hot -house devoted to the growth of some choice species, where 
the atmosphere is kept as recommended above, at a temperature varying from 
75 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit, which thrives well ; it is potted in peat earth, mixed 
with broken potsherds, so as to drain off the water freely ; the roots are kept 
moderately moist, and the leaves are now and then sprinkled over with mode- 
rately warm water in the afternoon, when the house is finally closed. During 
the night, the temperature is kept generally a trifle above 65 degrees. 
