350 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
ground and embosom the infant blossom, till their full ex- 
pansion and ripening of the seeds.” It is found in abun- 
dance in our woods. The Indians are said to paint their 
faces with the juice. The flowers expand only in fine 
warm weather. Three or four stems spring from one 
root, six or eight inches high. The plant succeeds best in 
a rather shady spot. 
SARRACENIA.—Smz-sapDLE-FLOWER. 
(Named in honor of Dr. Sarrazin, a French physician who first sent the plant 
“from Canada to Europe.) 
Sarracénia purpirea.— Side-saddle-Flower.—Pitcher 
Plant.—An evergreen herbaceous perennial and one of the 
most curious of our indigenous plants. It is called Side- 
saddle-Flower, from the resemblance of the stigma to a 
woman’s pillion: also, “Our Forefathers’ cup,” from the 
singular form of the leaves, which are tubular and hold 
water, and when full-grown, contain from a wine glass full 
to a gill, and are rarely empty. Report says our worthy 
ancestors made use of them to drink from. No matter 
how this may be, they certainly look as if they might be 
thus used, having the appearance of little pitchers, but 
not very inviting from their unpleasant odor, and from 
the fact, that they are generally found to contain many 
dead insects. The cup is hairy within, the hairs pointing 
downwards: in these the insects get entangled, and 
perish. The flowers are destitute of much beauty, but 
are very curious in their structure. To attempt to give 
a botanical description of this plant would be out of place 
in this work. .As this is always found in wet, boggy, or 
mossy grounds, it is rather difficult to manage in a common 
garden, unless there is a wet corner in it. I have suc- 
ceeded with it by taking with a spade, a large ball of 
earth with the plant, and transferring it to a moist place, 
