SWEET PITCHERPLANT 



Sarracenia rubra Walter 



Sweet pitcherplant is a lovely member of its family, its flowers 

 held aloft on delicate stems well above the "pitchers." In addition to 

 other interesting features, it has a delightful odor similar to that of 

 wild grape blossoms. The leaves have the usual characteristics of 

 pitcherplants, catching and digesting unwary insects that enter them. 

 Of all the pitcherplants, this is, perhaps, the most desirable to culti- 

 vate because of its fragrance and its lasting qualities. It should be 

 grown in a cool greenhouse. 



Sweet pitcherplant is found from Georgia and Alabama to North 

 Carolina, growing chiefly at moderate elevations. 



The specimen sketched was brought into bloom by Dr. Frederick 

 V. Coville in the greenhouses of the Department of Agriculture 

 in Washington, District of Columbia. 



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