Mr. Barxer’s plant produced flowers in the autumn of 1839 ;* and from these, assisted by native 
specimens more recently discovered by Mr. Sxtnner in Guatemala, Miss Drake prepared the exquisite 
drawing from whence the accompanying plate is taken. In cultivation, the species does not appear to 
require any particular care, but we fear that it is likely to continue a scarce plant for many years to come; 
—a circumstance the more to be regretted, as the singularity of its structure—its lovely flowers—and 
graceful habit, cannot fail to render it an object of desire, both to the botanist and the amateur. 
Mr. Baver, after whom the species is named, is well known to the botanical world as the facile 
princeps of microscopical draughtsmen. Although now between eighty and ninety years of age, he retains 
all his early fondness for his favourite science, and not unfrequently plies his pencil with no unsteady hand. + 
The Vignette is borrowed from a curious tableau in the “ Herbarium,” or, to speak more correctly, 
the “ Museum siceum” of Lady Grey of Groby, which is rich in quaint devices of the same kind. ‘The 
scene is evidently laid on the shores of some Indian stream, whither part of the numerous progeny of 
Cycnoches (a genus exclusively American) are supposed—by poetic licence—to have migrated ; attracted, 
perhaps, by the well-known dainties{ which are so plentifully provided in the pitchers of Nepenthes 
distillatoria. 
2H Oa ono “ where the slave of sense 
Drowns his soul's jewel, in the cup of riot.” 
L. E. L. 
* Mr. Barker's plant, happening to be in flower at the time of their visit, was exhibited to the members of the “ British Association for the 
Advancement of Science,” who honoured Birmingham with their company in the autumn of 1839; and a most attractive object it proved. 
+ Scarce a botanical work of any pretension has been published during the last fifty years, but is deeply indebted to Mr. Bauer's assiduity and 
skill. His published drawings, however, bear but a poor proportion to those which are still retained in his own portfolio, or preserved in the British 
Museum. Among the latter, his illustrations of “ Wheat,” in every stage of germination, stand quite unrivalled,—their publication would be a national 
boon,—but as the great expense and comparatively slight encouragement likely to attend it, would deter a private individual from making the attempt, it 
would seem to be the duty, as it surely is the policy, of a paternal Government to undertake it. 
t Ants, flies, woodlice, spiders, &c. perish by thousands in the vegetable cyathi of the “ Pitcher-plant ;”—some say it gets its nourishment in 
this way. 
