308 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



elapsed since these plants were introduced to this 

 country. 



As pitcher-plants have been generally considered 

 very difficult to propagate by cuttings, many 

 growers have adopted the layering system as the 

 safest method of obtaining roots. I find, however, 

 that the best way to increase them is the simplest, 

 and with ordinary care success is certain. The 

 cuttings are stuck through the hole in an inverted 

 flower-pot without any soil or moss, and are then put 

 into a propagating case, the temperature of which 

 should never fall below 65° or rise above 80°. The 

 case should be kept close and be shaded most carefully 

 from the sun. Under favourable circumstances the 

 plants will root in about six weeks or two months, 

 when they can be potted in the usual way and 

 kept in the case till growth is assured. After the 

 pots are filled with roots, the plants may with 

 advantage be transferred to square teak baskets 

 and suspended from the roof of the plant-stove, that 

 position suiting them well, and showing to the best 

 advantage their beautiful foliaceous character. 



