PITCHER PLANTS OR SIDE-SADDLE FLOWERS. 



E. japonica. A vigorous grower, leaves green, and with larger plumes 

 than in either its varieties. 



E. japonica varicgata. This variety is similar in growth to the t3'pe, with 

 a creamy white band running through each leaf; very striking and distinct. 



E. japonica xchrina. (Zebra-striped Grass). A novel form of variegation ; 

 the long, graceful leaves having bars of yellow running crosswise, not longi- 

 tudinally, as in the foregoing variety. 

 It grows from six to nine feet high. 

 Gynerium argenteum. (Pampas 

 Grass). One of the most effective 

 of ornamental Grasses ; its silvery 

 plumes are produced on stems eight 

 to ten feet high. Established plants 

 can remain in the open ground if 

 protected. It is not hardy except in 

 the Southern States. 



Panicum virgatiim. A fine, stately 

 Grass ; four to six feet high, forming- 

 large tufts with many panicles of 

 small flowers. 



Phalaris arundinacea varicgata. 

 A reed-like Grass with a very dis- 

 tinctly white-striped leaf; two to 

 three feet high. 



Setaria magna. (Bristly Foxtail 

 Grass). Annual. Inflorescence a 

 dense panicle two to three feet long; 

 pale green ; a very conspicuous and 

 ornamental plant; attaining a height 

 of ten to twelve feet. 

 Uniola latifolia. One of the best of our native perennial Grasses; three to 

 four feet high, with large flat leaves; flower heads in graceful drooping panicles. 



Darlingtonia californica. A fine bog plant, found in cool springy places in 

 California, with peculiar shaped pitchers and nodding purple flowers. 



Dionsea muscipiila. (Venus' Fly Trap). A curious plant, allied to Drosera, 

 having a number of prostrate leaves furnished at the edge with a thick row of 

 bristle-like hairs; while in the center of each, are three short hairs, which, 

 when touched, cause the leaves to fold up, enti'apping the insect, which soon 

 dies; when this takes place the leaf again assumes its normal position. 



Drosera filiformis. (Thread-leaved Sundew). A most curious and interest- 

 ing plant from its peculiar arrangement for catching insects. It is covered 



