156 LUCAS’S SELF-ACTING FORCE AND LIFT PUMP FOR RAISING WATER. 
Aforum anceps — “ An orchideous plant, a native of the swamps of Bengal 
and Pegu, where it grows on the trunks of trees. It succeeds in a very moist 
atmosphere, suspended in the stove with moss and fragments of broken pots, and 
will increase by cuttings.” — Bot. Cab. 
Octomeria graminifolia— -Another orchideous species, “ a native of the 
West Indies. It has been kept in the stove, and grows pretty well in moss, with 
pieces of broken pots, and may occasionally be increased by separation.” — Bot . Cab. 
LUCAS’S SELF-ACTING FORCE AND LIFT PUMP FOR 
RAISING WATER. 
This machine is stated to be an excellent contrivance for supplying gentlemen's 
houses, gardens, reservoirs, farm-yards, &c. &c. with water, where, from their elevated 
situations, it would otherwise he difficult to obtain. It may be fixed in all situations 
in which a small supply of water can be procured ; its construction is very simple, 
and not liable to be out of repair ; yet, should that happen, it maybe readily adjusted. 
The appendages can be attached to any description of pumps, whether such as are 
already fixed or otherwise. The waste of water is very trifling, a very small 
supply being sufficient to work it, which, if requisite, can also be raised. The 
ingenious inventor resides at No. 1, Edmund Street, Newhall Street, Birmingham. 
We have not yet had the pleasure of seeing it act ; but a friend of ours, who is in 
the habit of frequently seeing it, pronounces it a most valuable invention. 
