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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



narrow a.bove ; crimson, freciled with, yellow ; wings 

 broad and fringed ; throat green, speckled with red ; the 

 rim broad, beautifully striped with red and black ; lid 

 same colour. Garden variety. 



N. distillatoria — sometimes called Zeylanica ; pitchers about 

 eight inches long ; bright green ; there is a variety with 

 deep red pitchers, called rubra. Ceylon. 



N. Dominiana— pitchers cylindrical ; six inches long ; deep 

 green. Garden variety. 



N. Dormaniana— pitchers upwards of six inches long and 

 nearly three across ; deep crimson, mottled with ^eenish- 

 yellow, lid blotched with red. Garden variety. 



jS. Hookeriana — pitchers 

 broadest at the base ; as 

 the plant begins to climb, 

 however, the lower 

 pitchers lengthen and be- 

 come narrower, tapering 

 to the base ; colour deep 

 green, marbled and 

 streaked with reddish- 

 bro wn. Sarawak. 



N. hybrida-maculata — pit- 

 chers nine or ten inches 

 long ; dark green, profuse- 

 ly streaked with reddish- 

 purple. Garden variety. 



N. lajiata— pitchers upwards 

 of ten inches long and 

 four inches broad, clothed 

 with short woolly hairs, 

 winged and ciliate in 

 front ; light green, with a 

 ■ broad - ribbed reddish - 

 brown margin. Borneo. 



N. Lawrenciana — ^pitchers 

 somewhat obtuse, beauti- 

 fully winged and fringed 

 in front ; ground-colour 

 pale green, covered with 

 deep crimson blotches. 

 Garden variety. 



N. Outramiana — pitchers 

 about five inches long ; 

 yellowish-green, profusely 

 spotted with blood-red. 

 Garden variety. 



N. phyllamphora— pitchers 

 longand cylindrical, about 

 ten inches long, destitute 

 of wings in front ; apple- 

 green. Borneo. 



K. Bafflesiana— pitchers six 

 to twelve inches long ; 

 a deep green, profusely 

 mottled and spotted with 

 red, winged and fringed 

 in front. This, like N. 

 Hookeriana, may be found 

 with two forms of pit- 

 chers. Borneo 



N. Eajah— pitchers upwards 

 of a foot long, and six in- 

 ches in diameter ; fringed 

 and winged in front, and 

 capable of holding a quart 

 of water. Borneo. 



N, , Eatclifiiana — pitchers 

 BwoUen at the base, nar- 

 rowing upwards, winged and fringed in front ; greenish- 

 yellow, profusely mottled with bright red. Garden variety. 



H'.robusta — pitchers swollen at the base, tapering upwards, 

 winged and fringed in front; green, mottled with red- 

 dish-brown. Garden variety, 



N. rubro-maculata— pitchers nearly six inches long ; yel- 

 lowish-green, spotted with vinous-red. Garden variety. 



N. sanguinea — pitchers cylindrical, but slightly swollen at 

 the base . about a foot long, and nearly three inches in 

 diameter; colour deep crimson. Borneo. 



N, Sedenii— pitchers freely produced ; bright green, pro- 

 fusely spotted and blotched with dark red. Garden variety. 



N. Williamsii— pitchers four to six inches long, winged and 

 fringed in front ; green, but nearly covered with mottlings 

 of blood-red. Garden variety. 



N. Wrigleyana — pitchers slightly swollen at the base; 

 ground-colour pale green, profusely mottled with rich 

 crimson. Garden variety. 



Widularium. — A genus of Bromeliads, contain- 

 ing many handsome species ; their growth Is rosu- 

 late, and the sheathing base of their leaves closely 

 imbricate, enabhng them to hold water in the 

 centre, which the plant enjoys. Peat and a little 

 loam. 



There are other "beautiful species besides those 

 named here ; amongst which we may name Moreen- 

 ianmn, Scheremetieffi^ Me- 

 '■i, eoriaceum, &c. 



NEPEKTilES EAFFI.ESIANA, 



N. Innocent! — plant stem- 

 less, leaves strap-shaped, 

 spreading and recurved ; 

 edges armed with small 

 teeth-like spines, upper 

 side dark green, reddish- 

 purple beneath ; the glo- 

 bose heads of bloom do 

 not rise above the leaves ; 

 flowers rich red, tinged 

 with orange. "Winter 

 months. Brazil. 



N. Lawrentii — an elegant 

 species, similar to the 

 preceding in habit ; leaves 

 green, dotted with brown; 

 passing into a greenish- 

 white at the base ; re- 

 verse side a plain deep 

 green ; flowers soft clear 

 blue. Winter months. 

 Brazil. 



N. spectabile — leaves broad- 

 ly-ligulate, upwards of a 

 foot in length, and nearly 

 two inches in breadth, 

 fringed on the edges with 

 small teetb-Uke spines ; 

 deep green above, grey be- 

 low, transversely banded 

 with scurfy white streaks; 

 the ends of the leaves, 

 nearly an inch down, are 

 a deep reddish-crimson; 

 the flowers are a bluish- 

 violet; calyx very large, 

 standing up amongst the 

 flowers Hke blood-red. 

 bracts. Winter months. 

 Brazil. 



Panax, — A genus of 

 Araliacet^j containing 

 many handsome orna- 

 mental-f oliaged plants ; 

 indeed, some of the 

 plants assigned to this 

 family may be true 

 Aralias ; to this genus belongs the famous " Ginseng" 

 (P. Schinseng) of the Chinese, the root of which was 

 said to cure all ills that flesh is heir to. These plants 

 form beautiful objects in the stove, and when young 

 are admirably adapted for the decoration of the din- 

 ner-table. Pot in ix mixture of two parts of peat, 

 one of loam, and a small portion of sand. Stove. 



P. dissectum — a much- 

 branched plant, with pen- 

 dent twice-dividect leaves ; 

 leaflets cuneate and bi- 

 lobed, toothed on the 

 edges, and deep green. 



P. elegans — leaves very 

 finely divided, and dense 

 rich deep green; a flnf 

 decorative species.- 



P. excelsa — leaves - com- 

 pound ; leaflets much di- 



