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iESCHYNANTHUS SPECIOSUS. 
other species, it will flourish in a mixture of reduced moss, rough peat, and potsherds. 
A wire, or open wooden basket, or a pot (provided the latter be well drained) will 
answer equally well. It may also be placed upon a block of wood. 
It requires the heat of the stove, and during the season of growth, the plant 
should be frequently syringed, and freely watered at the roots ; indeed the treatment 
in the growing season exactly corresponds with that given to tropical Orchids. When 
its growth is completed, moisture must be supplied less liberally : by this means, and 
a cooler temperature, the plant will be brought into a state of rest, when it should be 
kept comparatively dry and cool ; indeed, the temperature of the greenhouse is 
quite sufficient whilst the plant is in a state of torpidity. 
On the approach of spring, introduce it again into heat, but, for two or three 
months, administer very little moisture ; by this means, when it is introduced again 
into a growing atmosphere, it will grow and flower with great freedom. 
For the opportunity of figuring this splendid species we are indebted to Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter. 
