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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



THE ASIATIC PITCHER PLANT. 



A CURIOUS PLANT -THE ASIATIC PITCHER 

 PLANT. 



Of wliat are termed Pitcher Plants, 

 there are a number of different kinds, 

 belonging to different botanical order.s. 

 One of these is an American kind, also 

 known as 



THE huntsman's CUP, 



and the Side- saddle flower. Of this 

 one, no doubt many of our young read- 

 ers have met specimens growing wild, 

 for it is found in many parts of Am- 

 erica thriving in peat-bogs. The leaves, 

 very curiously, have the form of an 

 open cup, and are usually half-filled 

 with water, much of which may be 

 rain. Into this water many insects find 

 their way during the season, only to 

 drown. 



I But even more curious than the com- 

 mon American Pitcher Plant, is the 

 Asiatic Pitcher Plant, of which an en- 

 graving is herewith given. It is over 

 sixty yeai'S ago since the first species 

 of this was met by Europeans, in 

 China, and introduced into their hot- 

 houses. Since that time various other 

 species have been found, but none is 

 more interesting than the one here il- 

 lustrated. This one is known botan- 

 ically as Nepenthes Hookeriana. 



In the engraving the peculiar appen- 

 dages to the apex of the leaves, which 

 give it its very appropriate name, are 

 conspicuous. This formation is a veri- 

 table Pitcher, 



EVEN to the lid, 



which is hinged to one side. When 



