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Savraccnia }JSittai'ilia. Natural Order: Sarraco/iaccce — Pitcher Plant Family. 



VRRACENIA, so named in honor of Dr. Sarrasin, of Quebec, 

 - found in low, wet situations in warm latitudes, and is remark- 

 I'lc for the peculiar construction of the leaves, which are not 

 ', It. as in most other foliage, but are like hollow tubes, tapering 

 toward the bottom like a vase, with a sort of cap or lid for 

 V/^ the top, the hollow being nearly always half tilled or more 

 w ith water. There is one species from the East Indies that is well 

 adapted for the greenhouse. The leaves of this plant are narrow 

 and tapering, and the middle vein appears to run on in a sportive 

 mood, extending itself like a thread beyond the leaf some four or five 

 inches, and then curls about and turns up at the extremity, forming a 

 delightful little pitcher. When grown in a pot, it requires a great deal 

 Ws of moisture, and a layer of moss or cocoa fiber on the surface of the soil 

 ^ to check evaporation. Some varieties have leaves from one to three feet 

 high. The flowers are yellow or purple. 



|n$Hnth 



TEARN from the birds what food the thickets yield; 



Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; 

 The art of building from the bee receive; 

 Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave. 



QAY, where full instinct is the unerring guide, 

 What hope or counsel can they need beside? 

 Reason, however able, cool at best. 

 Cares not for service, or but serves when prest; 



Stays till we call, and then not often ne 

 But honest instinct comes a volunteer; 

 Sure never to o'ershoot, but just to hit; 

 While still too wide or short is human 



TTOW can we justly different causes frame, 

 When the eftects entirely are the same.' 

 Instinct and reason how can we divide.' 

 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's prii 



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