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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[November, 



leaves and pitchers which clearly distinguish it 

 from the other species and hybrids to cultivation, 

 and render it an important acquisition in this 

 remarkable class of ])]ants. 



The jnoderate growth of the young plants 

 seem to indicate that the species is of rather 



The pitchers, which are from six to eight 

 inches long, are extremely ornamental and strik- 

 ing OH account of the richness of their colora- 

 tion, being the deepest colored known, and 

 rivalling in this respect the magnificent N. 

 sanguinea. They are furnished with two hand- 



dwarf habit. The leaves are smaller than those 

 of most of the large-pitchered kinds, being but 

 from five to seven inches long by one and a half 

 in breadth, tapering at the base into a short, 

 broad amplexicaul stalk, and narrowing gradu- 

 ally into an acute lance-shaped point. 



some fringed wings in front, and an oblong lid 

 suspended (in the young pitchers) horizontally 

 over the mouth. 



The Giant Tree of California.— As is now 

 tolerably well known, the mammoth tree of 

 California was at first supposed to be a new 



