edge; the throat is yellow, while the centre of the flower is 
thickly spotted with purplish-crimson spots; the diameter of 
the flower is large, and altogether it is a very striking plant.” 
It has surprised us much to see the very inferior specimens 
of this beautiful flower that have been brought forward at 
some of the metropolitan shows, the drawn and lanky appear¬ 
ance of many of them seeming to show that the culture of the 
plant had been but little understood; and yet few are more 
easily grown. The mistake is too often made of giving them 
more heat than they require, and the result is inferior plants; 
at any rate, we have seen at many provincial shows specimens 
far better grown than those which are sent in to some of our 
metropolitan exhibitions. We must refer to former volumes, 
where the treatment practised by some of our best growers 
has been given. 
