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ORTHROSANTHES MULTIFLORA. 
flower, it does very well in the open air in pots after the end of May ; but its 
leaves are apt to assume a yellowish and sickly aspect, especially if exposed too 
early, or too suddenly. It is preserved through the winter in frames with the 
greatest ease ; and when continued in such structures (kept rather close) till it 
flowers, it acquires a degree of vigour and health unknown even to the plants 
allowed to remain constantly in the greenhouse. 
Plants of this kind are frequently injured by planting in a soil of too close 
a texture. An open loam full of decaying vegetable fibre, with a small addition of 
well-reduced leaf-mould, makes an excellent compost. In potting, plenty of 
drainage should be employed ; for, though they require a good share of water, all 
superabundance should be enabled to drain off freely. 
Propagation is easily managed by separating the offsets before mentioned, and 
planting them singly in pots, as soon as they begin to form roots. 
Our figure was made in the Nursery of Messrs. Henderson, at Pine-apple Place, 
Edgware Road, in March 1844. 
Orthros the morning, and anthos a flower, are the roots from which the generic 
name has been formed ; and their signification applies to the circumstance of the 
blossoms expanding in the morning, and closing soon after noon. The specific 
name refers to their vast numbers. 
