Certainly there was not another plant that was so much spoken of as this noble arad, when first introduced from New Granada, where it was discovered by Mr. Ed. André, the well-known French botanist, whose name this plant justly bears. The plant is of compact habit, leaves are oblong-cordate of leath-erly substance, the stalk appears with the new leaves bearing a brilliant scarlet spathe of large size and good texture, irregularly corrugated like the ear; the spadix is white and yellow. Grows readily in the warm house potted in sphagnum, charcoal and potsherds and requires good supply of water during the growing season. Propagated by cutting the plant into pieces, each having a good leaf, and potted in the same compost as the plant.