Plate 505 . 
ACHIMENES— ADMIRATION AND 
MASTERPIECE. 
Mr. B. S. Williams, in liis admirable work on “ Stove and 
Greenhouse Plants,” says, “ This is a beauciful family of Gesne- 
reacese, too often cast aside by plant growers ; and being tuber- 
like plants dying down annually, they often get forgotten 
during the season, while they are stored away in the dry state. 
The Achimenes are plants which should especially commend 
themselves to those who have but a limited quantity of glass, 
as they serve to enliven the houses during the period when 
other plants are out of doors.”* 
We have already figured some very beautiful varieties of the 
Achimenes, and now add portraits of two which will be sent out 
by Mr. Wm. Bull, of King’s Road, Chelsea; it will be seen 
that their brilliancy of colour fully justifies the position we 
have assigned them. 
There is no difficulty in their cultivation, and a few tubers 
should be started every month, from January to May, in order 
to give a succession of bloom ; some grow them in pots and 
others in pans, and during their period of growth they should 
be kept in a moist heat, in which they delight, but as soon as 
they are in bloom they may be removed to a cool conservatory, 
* We cannot speak too highly of the two admirable volumes of Mr. B. S. 
Williams. They contain not only descriptions of stove and greenhouse plants, 
but practical directions for cultivation. 
