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Pitcher 



^ and Insectivorous Plants. 



Most charming and interesting are these plants, and as they 

 are also easy of culture they should be far more generally grown 

 than is now the case. Nepenthes is perhaps the most difficult 

 genus to deal with, owing to the fact that the plants need more 

 heat during the winter months than is generally at command. 

 But there are the North American Pitcher-plants (Sarracenias, 

 in various species and hybrids), Darlingtoiiia califor?nca, and the 

 New Holland Pitcher-plant {Cephalotus foliicularis), all of which 

 may be grown in a house where a winter temperature of from 

 45deg. to 5odeg. can be maintained. These delightful subjects 

 are always interesting and appreciated, their various-coloured 

 pitchers and quaint characteristics recommending them to all in 

 the possession of a greenhouse ; indeed, even those least 

 interested in horticulture are usually attracted by this wonderful 

 section of plants. 



Nepenthes. — Of these Pitcher-plants there are about forty 

 species and hybrids now in cultivation ; the species are mostly 

 natives of the South Sea Islands. They require a summer tempera- 

 ture of not less than yodeg. to 75deg., and with sun-heat at 

 closing time the temperature may often reach as high as loodeg. 

 or more. They like a strong light, but must be protected from 



By Henry James Chapman. 



