As has been already stated, this species has the habit of 
A. pedunculata, but is nevertheless a very different species. 
The leaves are covered with coarse hairs ; the flowers are 
much larger, not at all striped, hut have a deep rose-coloured 
border whose lobes are notched. 
Those who are fond of hybridizing have been attempting 
to obtain crosses between A. longiflora and some of the red 
species, hut the result has been, we understand, a dingy purple, 
as was to be expected. We would suggest that this would 
mix readily with A. pedunculata, and that the result would be 
the improvement of the size of the latter, and of the colour of 
this, whose rose is hardly bright enough to satisfy the eye fas- 
tidious in colour. 
It should be potted in a compost, consisting of peat, loam, 
and sand in equal proportions. In autumn, after flowering, 
the plant will naturally die down, but tubers will be formed 
at its roots, which may be kept in the soil during winter in 
the same manner as bulbs are kept, taking care to protect 
them from frost. In spring, as soon as they commence grow- 
ing, they should be potted. Three tubers in a pot will pro- 
duce a large plant. Although a stove plant, it requires 
plenty of air when the weather will allow, with an ample 
supply of water to its roots, but very little overhead, other- 
wise, instead of flowers, small scaly tubers will be formed in 
the axils of the leaves. 
