1070 



NEPENTHES 



jV. /,■,./;/,;./.</..,. .y. ri.nlhnniili.'rn. .\ . .1 i si , I /„ I,,,; .: . 

 JV. /,/r,,s' an. I .\ . K r in,, ,1 ji.i iia in;- usuallv seen wi'll 

 furnished with pitchers. G. W. Olivek. 



Nepenthes Culture at New Rockelle, N. Y.-ln 

 propagating these charming plants the writer prefers 

 cuttings of well-ripened wood, not too hard, and of 2 or 

 3 eyes in length. The Ivs. are trimmed in one-half or 

 more. The cuttings are placed in a close glass case, 

 with a steady bottom heat of at least 80° or 8.'j° in a 

 bed of cocoa fiber or of sphagnum moss and sand 

 mixed. The cuttings are always kept moist, and only 

 enough air is allowed to reduce condensation. 



After they are rooted, which takes from two to three 

 months, they are planted into shallow pans or orchid 



1468. Good method of propagating Nepenthes. 



The cutting is placed in an inverted pot. The stick 

 at tlie right wedges tlie cutting and keeps it tight: it 

 may also carry the label. The pot is cut in two verticall.v 

 to show how the roots form in the air, without the aid 

 of sand, water or even moss. 



cribs in a mixture of fibrous peat and sphagnum moss, 

 with perhaps some pieces of charcoal and crocks at the 

 bottom. This material should be packed in firmly and 

 tied down. Then set the plants again into bottom heat. 



NEPENTHES 



order to have them firmly established. Increase the 

 r gradually until the plants are sturdy enough to he 

 accd in the greenhouse, either upon a rack or sus- 

 ■ndi-d from the roof. The temperature where Ne- 

 •iitlies are grown should never be less than 60°, and it 

 iglit be as high as 80° or 90°, providing plenty of 

 riven. Copious syringing, and during' tho 



simple propagatin 



summer months, dipping of the plants in water, is very 

 beneficial. When the plants get too high, say above 

 18 in. or 2 ft., and their pitchers become smaller and 

 smaller, as they grow taller, the best plan is to cut them 

 back to within 4 or :> eyes of the crown. Then the next 

 growth of new 1.;,% . - .■. ill ^i i .■ il,.' very liiicst an, I iiest 

 pitchers. \VI,,.|, -.■ . ii i ■ i ,,, il,,ir pans ,.i- , -ribs, 



of liquid niaiiui.. i- ^,■,■> l.,n,.|,..|i,l. '\Vl„~ii tl,.- i,utting 

 material is exhausted, it is essential that it lie rmewe.l 

 at least once a year. Very fine plants can also la- 

 raised from seeds. When the plants are in blocmi th,. 

 miniature fiowers should be carefullj* examined, to see 

 that both sexes are represented, for if either sex be 

 absent there can be no fertilization. The seed, when 

 ripe, should be sown in pans in much the same material 

 as was prescribed for cuttings, the pans placed in about 

 the same sort of a place, and the material always 

 kept moist. It takes from six weeks to two months In 

 germinate the seed. After that, care must be taken that 

 the young seedlings do not damp off. Once they an- 

 strong enough, with 2 or 3 leaflets, they can be pricki d 

 off and planted into other pans and fresh material, at 

 the same time gradually accustomed to the air, and thus 

 in from eighteen months to two years' time nice little 

 plants may be had. In the experience of the writer tin- 

 following "kinds are ninre easily cnlt. than the others: 

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III! 



ampuUaria, 7, 23. 

 atrosauguinea, 28. 

 bicalearata, 1. 

 Burkei, 15. 

 Chelsoni, 25. 

 cim-ta. 18. 

 cnccinea, 32. 

 Ooiirtii. 31. 

 Curtisli, 21. 

 cvlindrica, 10. 

 Dicksoniana, 29. 

 distillatoria, 12. 

 Dominii. 44. 

 Dormanniana, 35. 

 Edinensis. 26. 

 Eyermanni, 41. 

 gracilis, 19. 



INDEX. 



Henryana, 40. 

 Hookeriana. 27. 

 hybrida, 9, 45. 

 intermedia, 3D. 

 Kennedyana, 5. 

 Khasiana, 14. 

 Iffivis, 11. 



Mastersiana, 4. 

 mixta, 22. 

 Morganiana, 34. 

 Northiana. 20. 

 Nortkiaii. 22. 



Phyllamphora. 1 

 Rafflesiana. 27. 

 RatclifBana, 42. 

 Rajah, 24. 

 rufeseens, 8. 

 sangutnea, 3. 

 Sedeni, 36. 

 Stewartii, 39. 

 Stuartli, 39. 

 Veitehii, 6, 16. 

 villosa, 17. 

 vittata, 7. 

 Williamsii, 33. 

 Wrigleyana, 38. 

 Zeylanica. 8, 12. 



