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is very easily grown into a good specimen ; and if such was not the case, it would 
amply repay any amount of extra labour, on account of its richly-coloured and 
highly-polished flowers, which form a distinct feature in a collection. It also 
continues a very long time in flower, and may be had in full beauty either in 
winter or summer—if during the first-named season, it should stand in the 
warm end of the stove or East Indian house, after growth is complete during the 
autumn; but if for summer and exhibition purposes, it may be retarded with 
ease and without injury, by placing it in a cooler temperature before its blooms 
begin to show, but not until its growths are thoroughly ripened. 
The soil C. villosum delights in is a mixture of fibrous peat and sphagnum 
moss, in about equal parts, to which may be added with advantage a httle good 
leaf-mould and silver-sand. Drainage must be perfect, and as it will require 
more root-room than the majority of this genus, I should advise the use of char- 
