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GRAMMATOPHYLLUM MULTIFLORUM. 
and a most abundant blooming plant ; — three properties which, notwithstanding 
the detraction it has suffered by disappointing the cultivator's expectation, will 
ever insure it a proper degree of attention. 
As it is quite impos- 
sible to give a coloured 
figure of G. multiflorum^ 
entire, and of the natural 
size, we subjoin an en- 
graving on a much less 
scale, in which the whole 
specimen is exhibited as 
it was seen growing-. 
No orchidaceous plant 
can be cultivated with 
greater facility. The most 
common mode is to place 
it in a pot, in a compost 
of heath soil and pot- 
sherds, with a very suffi- 
cient provision beneath 
for effective drainage. We 
have observed some plants 
at Messrs. Loddiges' in a 
remarkably vigorous state, 
which are merely 
pended by copper wire, 
from the roof of the house, 
without the slightest pro- 
tective envelope to the roots. These latter are produced in prodigious quantities, 
and are so densely matted together, as to afford complete security against drought. 
Atmospheric moisture and shade are of course indispensable to this method of 
treatment. 
The lover of nature will find much to admire in the specimens just noticed. 
The roots of each year seem to form a medium for the shelter, support, and, most 
probably, the sustenance of those of the succeeding season ; thus furnishing the 
plants with every assistance which the art of man has yet learned to supply. 
