272 ANIGOZANTHOS COCCINEUS. 
by other plants ; as it delights in a full exposure to the solar influences, and is 
frequently injured by mildew on account of the accumulations of moisture conse- 
quent on its being buried, as it were, amongst plants of stronger growth. 
Retained in the greenhouse, it will thrive most luxuriantly with the treatment 
above detailed, and frequently produce flower-stems of from four to five feet in 
height. These latter branch most profusely towards their summits, and the 
beautiful flowers are exhibited from the extremities of all the numerous ramifi- 
cations of the stem, thus forming sometimes a compact head of one foot or more in 
diameter. Planted in the open ground, however, it would most probably form a 
most striking object in the summer season, and might easily be removed in a pot 
to the greenhouse on the approach of winter. We have not yet seen the latter 
system practised with any of the species ; but we certainly think it would prove 
advantageous, and be the means of greatly increasing their interest. 
It has been found impossible to exhibit, in a drawing on our present scale, the 
manner in which the leaves of this plant are produced, and to those acquainted 
with the genus this would be wholly unnecessary. To such as are not conversant 
with the old species, it will be sufficient to observe that they spring from the roots in 
the same manner as the herbaceous species of Yucca, or the common pine-apple plant. 
Seeds either produced here, or procured from its native country, will vegetate 
freely in a sandy soil, if sown in shallow pans, and kept in a gentle hotbed, or in 
even a cold frame. The heat which they require must be regulated according to 
the season of the year. Thus, if sown in the spring, (which is the best time,) they 
will not need any stimulus of that kind ; but if the sowing is effected late in the 
autumn, or during the winter, a slight heat will be necessary. The more usual 
method of propagation is, by division of the plant into as many portions as there 
are shoots, or merely detaching such of the external ones as may be required. This 
may be practised immediately after the flowers have faded, and the young offsets 
will speedily form new roots, if planted in sand, or a sandy loam ; indeed, where 
sufficient roots are possessed, they may be at once potted in the usual maimer. 
The drawing was taken in the nursery of Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton, in 
July, 1838, the species flowering continually from June to August. 
The genus was named from anischo, I raise up, and anthos, a flower, according 
to Dr. Lindley ; but Mr. Loudon derives the former part of it from anoigo, to 
expand. It is difficult to say how the former can apply ; but the latter may allude 
to the expansive property of the segments of the perianth during fine weather, and 
when fully matured. 
