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TILLANDSIA STRICTA. 
Attached to a block of wood, with a little moss to cover the roots, and hung from 
the roof of the Orchid-house, with the same general treatment as given to Cattleyas, 
and other Orchids of similar habits, it will grow and flower freely, and may be easily 
increased by suckers. 
In the " Botanical Register," t. 1338, Dr. Lindley describes the mode of treating 
this plant pursued by Peter Kendal, Esq., in 1830, when the culture of epiphytes 
was much less understood than it is at present. " In June he took it out of the 
stove, and suspended it from a wall in the open air, where it was left without water, 
attention, or protection, till the succeeding October ; it then appeared withered, 
discoloured, and in appearance half-dead ; as soon, however, as it was again 
submitted to heat and moisture, it recovered rapidly, commenced a new and vigorous 
growth, and in the course of a few weeks lost all trace of its previous sufferings, 
assuming a rich, healthy vegetation. After throwing out suckers from each side, it 
shoots up its spikes of bright blue flowers, which begin to open in March, and 
endure to the end of April : when the period for a cessation of growth draws near, 
its parts harden, its flowers fall away, and by June it is ready again to undergo the 
same treatment as before. 
The genus is named in honour of Elias Tillands, Professor of Physic at Abo. 
