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Among the glands, about the middle of each 

 lobe, are three very small erect spines. When 

 the lobes inclose any substance, they never 

 open again while it continues there. If it can 

 be pushed out so as not to strain the lobes, 

 they expand again ; but if force is used to open 

 them, so strong has nature formed the spring 

 of their fibres, that one of the lobes will gene- 

 rally snap off rather than yield. The stalk is 

 about six inches high, round, smooth, and with- 

 out leaves, ending in a spike of flowers. The 

 flowers are milk white, and stand on foot-stalks, 

 at the bottom of which is a little painted brae- 

 tea or flower-leaf. The soil in which it grows, 

 as appears from what comes about the roots of 

 the plants when they are brought over, is a black 

 light mould, intermixed with white sand, such 

 as is usually found in our moorish heaths. 

 Being a swamp plant, a north-east aspect will be 

 properest for it at first, to keep it from the 

 direct rays of the sun ; and in winter, till we are 

 acquainted with what cold weather it can en- 

 dure, it will be necessary to shelter it with a 

 bell-glass, such as is used for melons. This 

 should be covered with straw, or a mat, in hard 

 frosts. By this means, several of these plants 



