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NEPENTHES 



\n jottmg or basketing plants from 4 in pots large 

 pieces of potsherd and chaiLoal should be flrnily plated 

 here and there araonj, the potting material which sho il i 

 consist of rough fibrous peat moss and san 1 The 

 plants should not be allowei to giow as \mes uule s 

 they are inten led to pr luce seed W 1 en larte sized 

 pit hers are wante 1 tl e ei 1 f tl e h t 1 1 1 be 

 nipped out att II 1 1 1 i 1 the 



pitchers are ii 1 ) I 1 I I tl lows 



strength int tl 1 t II ' I ' ^ ^O 



lirgt pitcher \\ I tl |l wth 



the 



should 



eaih day and SMingel 

 taken not to oveiwat i 

 shoul 1 at all times b 



a! 

 the 



1 e h tuntS 



el ^ in pullaiia 

 a N disUllatoiia 

 le usually seen well 



G W Oluer 

 Sochelle, IV. r.-ln 

 3ts the writer prefers 

 act too hard, and of 2 or 

 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 8.5° 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 



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Nepenthes Culture at New 

 propagating these charming pla 

 cuttings of well-ripened wood, tk 

 3 eyes in length. Tt " 



1468. Good method of propagating Nepenthes. 



Undisplaced in an inverted pot. The stick 

 :ht wedges tlie cutting and keeps it tight; it 

 carry the label. The pot is cut in two vertically 



L the air, witliout the 



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 firm!} estal lished Increase i 



r ^rif lally until the j lints are sturdy enough to 



i tl Tceihcu e either upon a rack or s 



11 I I f The temferature wl r I 



1 mple propa? 

 si ore foi p I 

 and other tiop 



s mimer months dipping of the pKi t in water is ^ erv 

 lienehcial. 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 5 eyes of the crown. Then the next 

 growth of new leaves will give the very finest and best 

 pitchers. When well established in their pans or cribs, 

 and while in good growing condition, a light concoction 

 of liquid manure is very beneficial. When the potting 

 ni;iti'ri:il is c\-!i:nistc(l, it i-^ p'.-^^r'Tiri-il T)i:tr jt he renewed 

 !'"'^ ■■■AW also be 



W'li.' 



the 



ipe, should be sown in pan 

 IS was prescribed for cuttii 

 he sniiic sort of a phir, 



the .same lime gradually accu.stomed to the air, and thus 

 in from eighteen months to two years' time nice little 

 plants may he had. In the experience of the writer the 

 following kinds are more easilv cult, than the others: 



