A Rare and Beautiful Flower 
I would ask special attention to the rare and beautiful bulbous 
plant producing freely the lovely showy flowers represented in 
the engraving. Found in Mexico, and is known in Bottany as Aclii- 
mene grandifiora, It belongs to the Gesneraceae, and is a near 
relative to Gesneria and Gloxinia, flowers are of a lovely purple 
color and are large and showy. The plants are spreading, only 8 
inches high and develop the flowers in graceful profusion through¬ 
out the summer. The little white bulbs are worm-like and are very 
easily kept over winter. They thrive in partial shade and can be 
grown either in pots or boxes, or set out in a protected bed. Set 
the bulbs an inch deep in good well-drained soil and keep the soil 
moist, not wet. The plants increase rapidly, and a single bulb will 
soon become a clump. This is one of the really handsome flowers 
that deserves popularity, anybody can grow it. 10c. each, 3 for 25c. 
