DARLINUTONIA 



pitcher plants. There is only one species in this genus. 

 The plant was first collected near Mt. Shasta by the 

 Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Indians attacked the 

 party, and as the explorers retreated to their camp W. D. 

 Brackenridge grabbed something, which turned 



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be fragraeuti 

 grows at uii altituMi- "i .1. 

 of Califonii;.. m spliamn 

 and rushi-~. I'lic inirlMi 

 foot or tw.. Iiit'li. 'I'lic pi 

 twisted and rounded at t 

 head. From this hangs 

 with two long flaps. Vi 

 seen the entrance to the t 

 sorts of insects, big and 

 them is not obvious, but t 



ig pla 



The Darlingtonia 



ittlL- 



llu 



fate 



nded top is 

 death to all 

 lant attracts 

 f the insects is clear. 



They climb down a long, narrow funnel, guided by nee- 

 dle-like downward-pointing hairs. Arrived at the bot- 

 tom, the insects find these needles numerous and con- 

 verging. As they attempt to escape they are confronted 

 by an impassable array of lances. The manner of their 

 death can be easily imagined. They sink into the bot- 

 tom in a putrid, sticky mass, and the products of de- 

 composition are presumably Lilisurlnd I'V the ydaiit. 



Darlingtonias have been ixvnwn imtd.iiirs in the cast 

 the year round in a few special l."alifii-s. Ivhvanl (iil- 

 lett, at Southwick, Mass., srows tin in in a favuicd spot 

 without artificial protection. F. H. Hursfurd can ]. re- 

 serve them at Charlotte, Vt., with the aid of a winter 

 mulch. 



Califdmica, Torr. Fig. 678. Rootstock horizontal: Ivs. 

 forming pitchers as described above, which are curi- 

 ously veined, and have a wing on the ventral surface 

 and a crest on top, green, finally becoming a pear yel- 

 low: scape erect, %-l%tt. high, clothed with obtuse, 

 erect, concave, half-clasping bracts: fls. solitary, nod- 

 ding, 3 in. across; sepals 5, pale green; petals shorter 

 than the sepals, about 1 in. long, converging, greenish 

 yellow, with broad reddish brown veins, contracted 

 above the middle; stigmas 5; ovary cylindrical below, 

 dilated into a broad ,=)-iobed top with a deep depression 

 in the center, 5-celled: seeds obovate-club-shaped. B.M. 

 5920. I.H. 18:75. F.S. 14:U40. G.C. III. 7:84, 85; 

 17:304; 24:339. — Int. to cult, about 1861. w. M. 



As greenhouse plants, Darlingtonias require the same 

 treatment as their allies, Sarracenias, Dioneas and l)ro- 

 seras. A well grown collection of these plants is not 

 only very interesting and curious, but also very beauti- 

 ful. To succeed, they must occupy a shaded position, 

 and never be allowed to become dry. Give a cool, moist, 

 even temperature. If possible a glass case should 

 be provided for them, with provision made for ven- 

 tilation; a constant moist atmosphere can be more 

 easily maintained, and at the same time the green- 

 house in which they are grown may be freely ven- 

 tilated without injury to these plants. The material 

 in which they grow best is two-thirds fern root fiber 

 with the dust shaken out, and one-third chopped sphag- 

 num moss and silver sand, with a few nodules of char- 

 coal added. About the first week in July is perhaps the 

 best time for potting, though one must be guided by the 

 condition of the plants, choosing a time when they 

 are the least active. When well established they will 

 only require potting once in two years. The pots should 

 be placed in pot saucers as a safeguard against their 

 ever becoming dry. ami all the space between the pots 

 should be lille.l wiih .|.|i,i-MiMn nios-i n|i to the rims of 

 thepots. Aieni[' [ I". ^liirinLT winter, with 



a gradual li^. :,- ■ :, n m ^ining, will suit 



them admiralily. h n -i^ i . - nnni.i- they should be 

 kept well shadi-(i. -.r' iIm \ ni,i; n. r.ini.ved to a well 

 shaded frame out^i.le, in ^..nn' vr.linl..! position free 

 from hot, drying wimN, rr'|':(-.tii.i!i ""i tin-se plants is 

 effected by division ol ilir nmis, oi- liy seeds sown on 

 live sphagnum moss hi \nins, the muss being made very 

 even and the pans placed either under a bell .iar or glass 

 case in a cool, moist atmosphere. [For detailed English 

 experience, see G.C. III. 24:338.] 



Edward J. Canning. 



Darlingtonia Courlii was named after William Court, 

 tor many years hybridizer and traveler for James 

 Veitch & Son. Some say it is a hybrid between a 



Nepenthes and Darliiiijloiiia Calitornica. Its Ivs. or 

 pitchers are shorter and stouter than those of D. Cali- 

 fornica, and more rounded at the mouth. The stalks of 

 the pitchers bend out almost horizontally from the base 



or crown ot the plant and then be 



come erect. The treatment is much 

 the same as for £> Califoinica, ex 

 cept that it must be kept indoors in 

 winter. It thrives well in a house 

 with OdontngUisum critpum and 

 Masdevallia It is generallv sus 

 pended like Nepenthes The writei 

 has successfully grown it when it 

 was potted in peat or sphagnum m a 





Youne leaves of Darlingtonia 



small pot which was inverted into a larger pot, with a 

 layer of sphagnum packed in between, and the whole 

 kept constantly moist. It is an interesting and attrac- 

 tive plant, and enjoys considerable popularity in Eng- 

 land- Henry A. Siebrecht. 

 DABNEL. Lolium perenne. 



DASYLlEION {Greek, tufted lily). Uli&cea^. Highly 

 ornamental plants, well adapted for rockeries, for iso- 

 lated specimens on lawns, decoration of conservatories, 

 staircases, etc., and eminently suitable for terraces and 

 vases, in the formal style of gardening. Trunk short or 

 missing altogether : Ivs. in large number, inserted in a 

 symmetrical way, so as to form a dome or globe-shaped, 

 regular head, more or less serrulated, and in some 

 species ending in a brush-like tuft of dried fibers. The 

 tall panicles of numberless whitish green, minute flow- 

 ers are also a striking feature. Dasyliriuns generally 

 branch after blooming. Tliev ,11. ■•< iIm 1 .isicst pos- 

 sible culture, and wiU stand s,,t, I i.ist, par- 

 ticularly if kept dry. Easil^ i : nii seeds 



and from cuttings of the Immi I . inced, as 



thev i!o tnit ■~nr\fr a-- a riil. - • i-haps more 



prism- 



much as they desi-rve. r. Fkanceschi. 



These plants are inferior to Yucca filamenlosa in 

 hardiness and in showiness and regularity of flowering, 

 but they have an individuality of their own which should 

 commend them to amateurs who like things that every- 

 body doesn't have. They are especially esteemed in 

 California, where the great flower-stalks, 8 or 10 ft. high, 



