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THE LADIES 1 FLORAL CABINET. 
Another new and very beautiful hybrid of this type is 
AUTUMN BEAUTY. 
This was raised in Messrs. Veitch’s nursery at Chelsea, 
between A. reticulata and a seedling of the A. Lcopohli 
type. It resembles Mrs. Garfield, but the color is 
darker. Like the latter it has been frequently exhibited 
in London, and both have been distinguished by first- 
class certificates. 
The culture of this class of Amaryllises is rather dif¬ 
ferent from that of the ordinary type, inasmuch as the 
plants, being evergreen and not deciduous, must not be 
dried off, as in the case with those which annually 
shed their leaves. A mixture of loam, peat, and de¬ 
cayed manure is a good potting compost, and the plants 
are all the better if the pots be plunged in tan to the 
rims, or in any other plunging material. During activo 
growth, which is during spring and summer, the plants 
require a warm greenhouse temperature and plenty of 
water at the roots. Towards the close of midsummer 
when growth is completed, water should be applied moro 
sparingly, and more air should be given to the plants so 
as to harden the growths before flowering. 
ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM. 
This handsome plant has received considerable atten¬ 
tion during the last few months, and we have had so 
many inquiries respecting it that the accompanying 
J woodcut, for which we are indebted to the General 
Horticultural Company, will no doubt be welcomed by 
those who have not had an opportunity of seeing the 
plant itself. The engraving well indicates the general 
character of the plant, and scarcely needs any descrip¬ 
tion, except in stating that the color of the large, 
strangely-corrugated spathe is a most brilliant scarlet, 
the surface being smooth and shining. Like the useful 
and attractive Anthurium Schertzerianum, this species 
is not of difficult culture, but the plants must attain a 
moderate size before they will produce large and satis¬ 
factory spathes. 
It is a native of New Grenada, where M. Andre found 
it growing both upon the branches of trees, particularly 
on Ficus Elaslica, and also in moist positions on the 
ground. Specimens were forwarded to M. Linden of 
Ghent, who subsequently exhibited it both in Belgium 
and England. The first plant shown in this country 
was submitted to the attention of the Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Floral Committee in April of the present 
year, when it was greatly admired, a first class certificate 
being at once accorded for it .—Journal of Horti¬ 
culture. 
