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colour and habitat, as given by the hand of the collector who plucked 

 them from marsh or mountain-side. 



"Oh ! but I say, isn't this a wopper?" (the speaker being a Cam- 

 bridge man accounts for the classical and expressive language.) The 

 " wopper" in question was a pitcher of N. Rajah — the giant Pitcher- 

 plant of Kina Balu or " Chinese Widow Mountain " in Borneo. And 

 certainly that pitcher "was big," as the American said when he heard 

 of a 40-foot conger-eel from a "go-to-meetin' Injun." Anent that 

 " upper room," I was once talking with a man who has reaped many 

 honours and rewards as an artist, but whose heart, instead of being 

 "in the Highlands" or "over the water,'' is generally in his garden, 

 "Of all men, I envy only one," said he, "and that is Mr Harry 

 Veitch." " And why Mr Veitch 1 " I asked. " Why ! do you say ? and 

 you a lover of plants ! Why ! why, because with his something like a 

 dozen collectors raking the ends of the world for him, his mails of 

 letters and specimens, the hopes and discoveries of these enthusiasts 

 must be delightful. Talk of the gardening papers, forsooth ! why, with 

 that man's letters before me, I would not execute a commission for 

 the biggest and richest cotton man I ever saw until I had read every 

 line of them ! " 



I hope, now that this same Nepenthes Rajah has appeared in public, 

 and has "won his spurs " in the shape of a first-class certificate from 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, that we may see him more often in 

 private. I am inclined to think that it will grow best in a basket of 

 fresh loam fibre and well-washed granite grit, with 7iot too much sphag- 

 num growing above. My plant, kindly presented by the owner of the 

 "upper room," did not grow half so well during the recent hot 

 summer weather ; but when chilly nights came, he shot away another 

 larger leaf or two, in a temperature and atmosphere where Odontoglots 

 and Masdevallias do well. And yet one must be careful during winter, 

 when cold houses run down so rapidly sometimes ; but in summer a 

 cool, moist, and moderately airy house seems to suit it well. A very 

 slight shading from direct sunlight is essential. 



All growers of the " Queen of Autumn," otherwise known as the 

 Chrysanthemum, will now reap the results of their labour for the past 

 eight or ten months. Of white kinds, Mrs G. Rundle and Elaine are 

 now (Nov. 9) fairly in bloom, the latter being especially valuable as a 

 good pure white flower for bouquets and other decorative uses. The 

 finest whites for late use are Fair Maid of Guernsey, Ethel, Snowdrop, 

 Fleur de Marie, and Empress of India. Even beneath sunny walls 

 White Queen and St Mary are yet very lovely, and afford good blooms 

 for the flower-basket. Of yellows, Mrs Dixon (golden) and George 

 Glenny (sulphur) — both sportive relations of !Mrs Rundle — are good. 

 Mr Brunlees is a good Indian red ; Angelina a good bronze or amber ; 

 Mr Bann also a fine yellow. And to contrast with the white and gold 



