8 SARRACENIA DRUMMONDII.—DRUMMOND’S PITCHER-PLANT. 
ance of a design of nature to allure insects to destruction. 
They come for the honeyed juice, which is supposed to intoxicate 
them, when they fall into the little well of water, are drowned, 
and then consumed by the plant. “Drummond's Side-saddle 
flower” has figured particularly in this character. In ‘“Silliman’s 
Journal,” for 1873, Dr. Gray says: “Sarracenia Drummondi is 
the species which most closely resembles S. flava in the shape 
and structure of the pitcher. We now learn from a letter 
addressed by Dr. Chapman to Mr. Canby, that the former is well 
aware of a similar (sweet) secretion in that species. ‘On the 
inside of the hood,’ he writes, ‘there is a very faintly sweetish 
secretion, scarcely perceptible to the taste, which is very attrac- 
tive to insects; and as | do not detect any of this within the 
tube I wonder how it is so many insects are entrapped, since 
they could easily fly away from the open hood.’” 
“Drummond’s Side-saddle flower” is found in the seaboard 
States, from Virginia to Florida. It is a very variable species, 
and this induced Professor Wood to group a number of varieties 
under one name—S. Gronovi. Among the variations is one 
with a pure white pitcher; that is to say, without the colored 
veining, This is known to florists as Sarracenia Drummondi 
alba; and as the flower remains of a beautiful red, the contrast is 
pleasing, and the variety is highly prized in England. 
EXPLANATIONS OF THE PLATE.—1. Root-stock with flowers and pitcher-like leaves. 2. Upper 
section of trumpet-like leaf. 3. Enlarged portion of a wing of the leaf. 
