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colors be more brilliant, if the seed be sown in the fall, and 

 the seedlings kept through the winter in thumb pots ; or 

 they may be sown in the open ground, and some litter 

 thrown over them as a protection. Some of the perennial 

 varieties are well calculated for the arbor, growing from 

 eight to ten feet high, bearing beautiful Rose colored flow- 

 ers from July to September. They need no protection 

 through the winter, as they die down to the ground in the 

 fall, and put forth in the spring. The perennial varieties 

 are cultivated to some extent in Europe, as we generally 

 find them with the Honeysuckle, entering the lattice work 

 of the cottages, giving a most lively appearance to those 

 dwellings throughout the summer. The flowers impart 

 beauty, taste, and usefulness at the same time. 



SIDESADDLE, OR PITCHER PLANT 



(SARACENIA PURPUREA.) 



Of this singular tribe of plants there appear to be sever* 

 varieties indigenous to this country, found in swamps A 

 the north-western part of Indiana. The leaf is compova 

 of a hollow tube, which holds about a wine-glass of w..tur. 

 A leafy appendage is attached to the extremity of Mch 

 tube, which is said to cover the orifice in rainy weatw r, to 

 exclude it ; this is somewhat problematical, as I could never 

 see any difference in their appearance in rainy weather in 

 the appendage, or cover, so called. The tube contains 



