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pots of a soft or porous character. Hard burned pots are condemn- 

 ed by many, for what reason I do not know. So far as my expe- 

 rience goes I decided!}' prefer pots glazed on the outside, both on 

 account of the benefit they confer on the plant, and their freedom 

 from becoming green and unsightly when placed in a warm, humid 

 atmosphere. This latter circumstance alone is worthy of consider- 

 ation. 



When the plants are removed into the greenhouse, they vshould 

 be placed in the warmest position, near the light, in order to flower 

 them freely. Plants that have been growing m the flower -beds 

 during summer, lifted and potted before frost, will commence 

 blooming in early spring. As a permanent climbing plant for a 

 greenhouse or conservatory it is worthy of notice. When once 

 properly established in such a position it wilLkeep in ilower during 

 the year, an 1 speedily cover a large surface if allowed sufficient 

 root accommodation. Delta. 



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THE SARRACENIA. 



My opinion having been asked concerning the identity of the 

 species of Sarracenia called undulata by M. Decaisne,* when com- 

 pared with the S. Drummondii of Croom, I cannot hesitate to pro- 

 nounce at once that the two supposed species are without doubt the 

 same. The S. Drummondii grows common enough in the savannas 

 of Alabama and West Florida, and differs in nothing from the f-pe^ 

 cimen described as undulata, except in having the upper portion of 

 the operculum of the leaves, which is sometimes lengthened out, 

 more or less rounded. As I have seen the flower of this plant, it 

 is of a most brilliant red color, the same as that of the Aviarnllis 

 formosissima, the true purple of the Romans and of Linne. I pre- 

 sume that Mr. Groom's figure in the 4th volume of the Annals of 

 the Lyceum of New York, was taken from a dried and faded spe- 

 cimen, which accounts for the dull color of the petals and the pe u- 

 liar form of the operculum. 



I add some remarks on the other species of this genus. 



I have seen the purpurea in the lower country of Georgia. As I 



* In the Flore des Serres, vol. vii. page 207. 



