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from it mainly in having pitchers more inflated at the base and 

 much more highly colored. All three deserve to rank amongst 

 the most ornamental of Nepenthes. A word of praise may be set 

 down here concerning N. Dicksoniana, a hybrid raised at 

 Edinburgh, and distributed by Messrs. Veitch two years ago. 

 It is by far the noblest of that group of Nepenthes represented 

 in N. Rafflcsiana — small plants, producing enormous, well 

 colored pitchers, whilst the constitution of the plant is as vigor- 

 ous as that of the best of the genus. In my opinion, this and N. 

 Mastersiana are the two best hybrid Nepenthes hitherto raised. 

 New Sarracenias. — There are now a considerable number 

 of hybrid Sarracenias, which have mostly been raised in 

 English gardens within the last twenty years. The first to 

 succeed in this direction was the late Dr. Moore, the Curator 

 of the Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, who raised N. Moorei from 



the Sarracenias being a yard through and as much in height. 

 Being grown in a sunny, unshaded house, the pitchers assume 

 most vivid colors. To recommend the species of Sarracenias 

 for American gardens would be like sending coals to New- 

 castle, but the English-raised hybrids may not be so well 

 known in America. Mr. Bull and Mr. Williams are the 

 principal trade growers of these plants here. 



Dracaena Miss Glendenning. — There are hundreds of 

 varieties of colored Dracaenas, all the progeny of D. terminalis, 

 which, by the way, is green in the wild form, the color and 

 endless variety being the outcome of high cultivation and 

 crossing. For ordinary purposes there are few that equal D. 

 terminalis as known in gardens, as it stands well, colors freely, 

 is elegant in habit and easy to grow. Messrs. B. S. Williams & 

 Son obtained a certificate for one named as above, and which 



F'S?- 53- — Prunus Allegheniensis. — See page 



N.flava, crossed with A'. Dritmmondii. This was in 1872. 

 Various combinations of species have been obtained since 

 then, some of them beautifuladditions to the genus. The latest 

 hybrids were three which were raised in a garden at Lincoln from 

 N. Drummondii alba and N. Chelsoni, itself of hybrid origin. 

 These were exhibited recently at a meeting of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, by whom a certificate was awarded to the best 

 of the three, which was named S. Claytoni. The pitchers 

 in this were about eighteen inches high, slender, in shape 

 similar to those of 5. Drummondii, whilst their color was rich 

 crimson, shaded with purple and reticulated with very dark 

 veins. This is certainly the best colored Sarracenia hitherto 

 obtained. The other two exhibited were from the same 

 parents, but different in the form and colors of the pitchers. 

 A collection of well-grown Sarracenias is about as interesting 

 as any foliage plants can be, and almost as much may be said 

 of them as flowering plants. All the best kinds are "included 

 in a large collection of insectivorous plants at Kew, some of 



was generally voted an exceptionally elegant variety. It has 

 narrow, tapering, arched leaves, deep green, with a broad 

 margin of rich crimson. As a table plant it is certain to be- 

 come popular. 



Clianthus Dampieri. — Whether it be due to the grafting or to 

 the exceptional constitution of the variety, it is certain that this 

 plant is at Kew a perfect success in the open air. It is planted 

 in a narrow border of loam and trained against a wall looking 

 south-east. When planted late in June the stem was only 

 three inches high, and yet, in spite of cold, wet weather, it is 

 now a large, well-branched plant, clothed with healthy leaves 

 and bearing numerous clusters of its brilliant colored flowers. 

 Nothing could be more attractive, nor apparently anything 

 much easier to obtain, than this plant as it is now at Kew. 

 Probably the sturdiness of the plant is the result of its being 

 grafted on C. pitniceus. The variety called German Flag is 

 remarkable in having the segments which form the keel 

 white, with a scarlet margin. 



