312 ■ GLIMPSES INTO PLANT-LIFE 



animal world. I would suggest to my young 

 readers, as a practical means of knowing more 

 of this subject, to try and grow for themselves 

 the sundew, pinguicula, and sarracenia. 



The tA\'o first can be found, as I have already 

 said, on boggy moors in England, and the latter 

 plant can be obtained from any florist. All can 

 be successfully grown in a greenhouse or garden 

 frame, and studying their growth and habits in 

 this way will teach the young botanist far more 

 agreeably than learning only from books. 



At Kew there is always a fine collection of these 

 insectivorous plants to be seen in vigorous growth, 

 whilst at the South Kensington Natural History 

 Museum (Botanical Department) there are some 

 highly interesting cases illustrating the life history 

 of these remarkable jjlants. 



