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sity of applying it too often, or in too great quantities ; in this 
place they should remain till they show signs of flowering, when 
a more open aspect is necessary. Another very desirable method 
of growing them, instead of using the large pots just mentioned, 
is to place the roots when removed from the small pots, into 
wooden boxes of suitable sizes: this is particularly suited for A. 
longiflora, and A. rosea; as from a paucity of lateral branches 
they sometimes present a naked appearance when grown in pots, 
but much of this depends on the management. If the plants 
are broken into a vigorous growth and kept in a healthy con¬ 
dition, there will not be much want of foliage or branches. We 
should have before remarked a higher temperature is necessary 
when the roots are first started, than is required in the after 
growth. About 60° should be the mean of the temperature 
employed for the first exciting, which may be continued till the 
plants have become reestablished after the second potting, when 
a considerable reduction should take place, about 45° is then 
sufficient; the temperature of a common greenhouse, or even a 
cold frame or pit is quite sufficient; under this treatment the 
plants assume a more densely compact habit, and the flowering 
is far more abundant and vivid than would follow if continued 
at a higher temperature. When the blossoms are fully expanded, 
the plants may be placed in any desired place they are intended 
to ornament, even in the open air, and as this dies off, the plants 
must be gradually dried and brought again under the winter 
treatment, as described at the beginning of this paper. 
The genus at present consists of four species : A. coccinea, 
an old and well-known favorite with brilliant scarlet flowers; 
A. longiflora, our present subject: A. rosea, a new species re¬ 
sembling coccinea in habit, with pale rose-coloured flowers, im¬ 
ported at the same time with longiflora; and A. pedunculata, of 
much taller and stronger habit, also introduced with the two 
last mentioned : this plant at first sight appears more like a 
Gesneria both in its growth and the manner in which the flowers 
are produced, which are red ; the same treatment applies to 
them all. 
Our specimen was kindly furnished by Mr. Mountjoy, of 
Ealing. Editor. 
