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early spring, potting up as desired, and using pots according to 

 the size of the plants. The compost used and treatment 

 required will be the same as advised above. 



In winter, with lower temperatures and dull, sunless weather, 

 drier conditions will be necessar}". The plants should then be 

 allowed to attain a reasonable dry state. Cephalotus some- 

 times shed the whole of their foliage in winter, but with the 

 return of spring I have several times noticed that plants which 

 lose their leaves, usuall}^ pitcher far more freely, and make better 



Fig. 410. — Drosera rotuxiufglia. 



specimens than those which have kept their foliage intact. 

 Fig. 409 shows the foliage, pitchers, and a raceme of flowers. 



Droseras are a most interesting and beautiful genus of Insecti- 

 vorous Plants. They are commonly known as " Sundews,"' in 

 consequence of being beset with glandular hairs which appear as 

 if covered with dew. There are about a hundred species of 

 this genus of annual or perennial glandular herbs, sometimes 

 bulbous. Droseras are scattered over most parts of the world, 

 and are usually found in marshy, bogg}* places. Some of the 

 Australian kinds, however, grow in dry spots, where their bulbous 



