So: = onatenme teen rent 
Feb. made the Ground mellow, and-where it is not 
—— fully open tothe fcorching Sum. hd St 
- To imitate this Soil, let our Gardener mix equal 
“Parts of rich Meadow-Earth and River-Mud; 
and add to this a little rotted Cow-dung. This 
being ready, let the Seeds be fown. : 
Thefe fucceed beft if brought from Africa ; 
but with due Care the Plant will ripen them with 
us; and this fhould never be omitted, left we lofe 
the Means of a Supply. | | 
Let the Seeds be fown upon a common Hot- , 
Bed early in Spring, and rais’d with the ufual 
- Care to the Time of a fecond Tranfplantation ;. 
Hot-Bed, but each planted in_a feparate Pot fill’d. 
with the feparate Compoft, and fet up to the Rim 
in a Bark-Bed. ee Oe Ge | 
~ Thefe early fown Plants are for ripening the. 
Seed; but let fome others be. rais’d later,-to be 
tranfplanted often ; and kept back in the flower- 
ing, that.they may be a Glory to the Greenhoufe | 
during Winter. The Management of all is to be | 
the fame. rye inti pe. orl. YO be 
They mutt be fhaded till they have taken Root, 
and water’d frequently ; and, after this, the Noon- 
neg Seton 
‘Day Air muft be admitted, by raifing the Glafles Feb. 
found it very fuccefsful. 
more and more largely by Degrees; and in the 
Heat of Summer they muft be fet out in the open 
Here the Earth muft often be ftirr’d at the 
‘Surface of the Pots; and they muft every Day be 
water’d. ae | | | | 
....Thofe which flower firft muft be watch’d with 
Care; and the firft open’d Flower mark’d for 
Seed. This is not a known Praétice, but I have 
| The Seeds of this 
Flower are always the ftrongeft, and raife the moft 
‘vigorous Plants. 
but letthem be then remov’d, not into another | 
Let this Plant be watch’d, and not fuffer’d to: 
-exhauft its Strength by too much flowering ; and 
let the others be encourag’d to flower; by taking 
off the faded Bloffoms, not letting them be fet 
For Spadectoac, ‘sits ue 
| At the Approach of Winter the Plants mutt 
| be remov’d into the Greenhoufe, and. fcatter’d 
here and there among the reft; upon the 
Principles we have eftablifh’d for placing the 
Pots : here they will. flower one after another, and 
| will amply return the Pains taken to preferye 
them. eS 
5 bai: Bese ott 
Plate Reader prepare for Wonder! The Plant we in- 
XXV. troduce to you in this Place exceeds all elfe in 
Fig. 3. Singularity; and they may well be excus’d who 
treated the firft Notice of it as an idle Tale. 
_. Our Voyagers firft gave Account of it, and 
their uncouth Defcriptions were not credited? but 
when Men of better Knowledge faw it crowing, 
when Specimens were receiv’d in Europe, and its 
Seeds. rais’d Plants in our Gardens, thofe’ who 
had difbeliev’d it, hung their Heads, and with’d 
to be often fo put of Countenance. - 
_. Our firft Knowledge of it was ‘under the not 
 {trange tho’ unfcientific Name of the Wonderful 
Plant, Planta mirabilis: fo it ftands charagter’d | 
in the German Ephemerides, — ihe 4 
: Borman, in his Account of the Ceylon Plants, 
calls it Bandura. Our Pruxene'r, Utricaria ve- 
getabilis Leylanenfium. oe 
_ Linn avs, in his Hortus Chiffort. names it Ne- 
penthes; and he preferves this Title in his later 
‘Works. ‘There needs no Epithet of Diftinction, 
tor there is no other Species. a 
It has been call’d by others, Gentiane Species s 
and Priapus Vegetabilis.. Its Indian Name is Aura- 
matico. Eitacourt has defcrib’d it under this. | 
Breynius may lead the Student into an Error, 
imagining there are more known Species. He 
calls this, Nepenthes Zeylanicum flore minore: but 
what he calls Nepenthes flore majore, is the Sara- 
CENA. Bigdit 
This we have defcrib’d in a preceding Num- 
ber ; and-the Student will fee prefently the Plants 
are utterly diftinét inGenus. There ‘needs there- 
able Numbers : 
| ftalks, and their Colour, when in Perfe@ion 
yellowith, or greenith; fometitnes 
redith, and formetimes whitith. 
gs Weg Same ee 
fore no Addition to the plain Word Nepeathes in 
the Name of this. | 
_ The Root is thick and brown, furnith’d with 
many Fibres of a reddifh Colour: of an infipid 
Tafte, with fome Aftringency. 
- The Stem is two Foot high, round and firm, 
and is in many Parts ting’d with a faint Purple. 
_ The Leaves have no Footftalks : they aré ob- 
long, moderately broad, highly rib’d, and fur- 
nifh’d ‘each with a kind of Vefel at its Extre- 
mity.- | 3 | 
» terminating in a 
which is cover’d with a kind of 
Lid, all of one Piece, and ending in a narrow 
flender Tail. “ 
Such is the amazing Stru@ture of this Leaf and 
its Appendage: the Ue of { fingular a Con- 
ftruction we fhall examine hereafter : 
to proceed to the Examination of Characters of 
the Plant. es 
we are now 
_ The Flowers terminate the Stalk in confider- 
they are placed on fhort Foot- 
get 
they are 
What 
