176 NAT. ORDER. — SARRACENIE.E. 



arc of a purple color on the outside, but green within, only having- pur- 

 ple edges ; the petals are of a purple color, and dished somewhat like a 

 spoon. It is a native of most parts of North America, in swampy 

 places about Quebec, Lake Huron, and probably common throughout 

 Canada, and as far north as Bears Lake, and as far south as Carolina. 



Sarraccnia variolaris. Chequered side-saddle flower. This is a 

 small dwarfish looking plant, rising not more than a foot high ; leaves 

 elongated, their tube spotted on the back, ending in a short arched ap- 

 pendage ; flowers yellow ; the transparent spots on the back of the 

 leaf distinguishes this species readily from the preceding, with which 

 it has often been confounded. It is a native of North America, in open 

 swamps on a sandy soil, from Massachusetts to Florida. It may be 

 found in great abundance near the base of Great Hills in the town of 

 Leverett, Franklin county, Mass., where I have seen it blossom from 

 May till late in July. 



Proiyagation and Culture. These singular and handsome plants 

 are very desirable objects in the collections of the admirers of nature. 

 They are all inhabitants of the swamps of this country, but will not 

 stand in the open air of Canada or England. They should be kept in 

 pots filled with turfy peat at the bottom, and the upper part with spag- 

 num or water-moss, in which the plants must be set and then placed 

 in pans of water ; they succeed best in frames in a shady situation or 

 in a stove. They also succeed very well if set in spagnum in a frame 

 without pots, but they always will require to be kept rather moist and 

 well shaded. In this last way the sashes require to be almost kept 

 shut. There is no way, as yet, known by which they can be increased 

 except by dividing the plants at the root. There are many of these 

 plants cultivated in England as a curiosity, but are all exported from 

 this country. 



