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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



ON PITCHER PLANTS— contd. 



purple ; one of the finest. Mitchell- 

 IANA, 1. green, shading to purple and 

 becoming heavily veined with deep 

 purple; it resembles S. melanorhoda. 

 Moorei, fl. greenish-yel. suffused with 

 different tints of pink ; 1. green, thickly 

 netted cr. veins and mottled white. 

 Popei, fl. greenish-yel. flushed with 

 pink ; 1. green, very narrow. 

 Stevensii, 1. very large, green, with 

 prominent straight deep purple veins, 

 netted smaller veinings of the same 

 colour. SwANrANA, 1. green with -a, 

 network of prominent purple veinings. 

 Tolliana, 1. green becoming wholly 

 suffused deep purple, red veined with a 

 darker shade of colour. Wrigleyana, 

 1. long, recurving at the apex, showing 

 the influence of S. psittacina, green 

 becoming suffused with a bright 

 shade of purple, reticulated with a 

 darker in the veinings, mottled white 

 on the upper portions ; one of the 

 most distinct and desirable kinds in 

 cultivation. 



Nepenthes 



alBo-marginata, pitchers light 

 green, reddish suffusion above, am- 

 PULLARIA, pitchers of a uniform light 

 green. atro-sanguinea, pitchers 

 reddish-cr., spotted yel. Courtii, 

 pitchers dull green, spotted red. 

 DoMINIANA, pitchers dark green, 

 spotted reddish-brown. hybrlda, 

 pitchers dark green, intermedia, 

 pitchers green, spotted red. Ken- 

 nedyana, pitchers reddish-purple (very 

 distinct) ; cool-growing. Lawrence- 

 ana, pitchers pale green, spotted pro- 

 fusely dark cr. Outramiana, pitchers 

 pale yel.-green, densely spotted deep- 

 red. PHYLLAMPHORA, pitchers bright 

 green. Ratcliffiana, pitchers green, 

 spotted red. RUBRA, pitchers bright 

 red ; very large, rubro-maculata, 

 pitchers yel.-green, spotted claret-red. 

 SUPERBA, pitchers green, thickly- 

 spotted reddish - brown. VILLOSA, 

 pitchers dull green,, slightly spotted 

 reddish-brown. 



Achimenes. 



Argus, rich plum, orange eye ; large 

 and free. Aurora, rosy sc, yel. 

 throat. Dazzle, vivid sc, pale yel. 

 eye ; small fl., but very profuse ; good 

 habit. Eclipse, orange-sc, car. spots; 

 abundant bloomer and good habit. 

 Gem, rich car. purple ; small, but very 

 free. Grandis, purplish lilac and 

 mauve, throat orange spotted ; medium 

 size and free. Leopard, bright mag. 

 rose, throat copiously spotted. Longi- 

 flora alba, white ; good habit. 

 Loveliness, rich mag., shaded cr., 

 golden-yel. eye, maroon spots ; edges 

 fringed. Magnet, deep orange, cr. 

 spots and zone of car. ; distinct and free. 

 Margaretta, pure white; medium 

 size. Phcebus, purple, merging to 

 orange, throat dark yel., dark cr. spots. 

 Pink Perfection, rosy-pink, bright 

 red eye, yel. throat, spotted orange, 

 rays of violet ; excellent. Rollissonii, 

 deep lav. blue, throat yel., cr. spots ; 

 an effective variety. Rose Queen, 

 rosy-lake, shaded deep purple, orange 

 throat ; large and attractive. Stella, 

 deep mag., orange eye ; edges fringed; 

 large fl., and freely produced. Unique, 

 rosy-pink, pale oi ange eye, sc. spots ; 



15.— ON STOVE PLANTS 



Flowering (p. 641 to p. 663). 



fringed; large and handsome. V10- 

 LETTA, rich violet-purple, dark veins. 



Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) 



Aspasia, white, feathered light sc. 

 Brenda, rich cr. Daones, bright 

 orange-red, margined white. Doris, 

 dark cr. and maroon. Dr. Masters, 

 bright car-sc, shaded purplish-cr. ; 

 good form and substance. Duke OF 

 York, dazzling sc. Excellent, bril- 

 liant sc. and cr., pure white rays. 

 Hon. Maurice Giffurd, deep cr.- 

 sc. ; good substance and fair size. 

 J. R. Pitcher, cr.-car., reticulated a 

 deeper tint. Kineton, light red, large 

 white star. Latona, cr.-sc, green 

 eye. Leopoldi, large cr. fl., white 

 star in centre ; tips of segment creamy- 

 white. Morning Star, scape lour- to 

 six-flowered; cr.-sc, bands of white. 

 Pera, brick-red, white markings. 

 Queen of Holland, rose-sc, white 

 stripe. Sultan, segments reflexed 

 maroon-cr. The Czar, rich velvety-cr. 

 Viscountess Hambledon, bright 

 red, green eye ; large, and good shape.. 



Amherstia 



nobilis, fl. in drooping racemes, rich 

 ver. spotted yel., ephemeral; requires. 



