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THE BOOK OF GARDENING. 



OX PITCHER FI.A'NTS—fojitd. 



purple ; one of the finest. Mitchell- 

 lANA, 1. green, shading to purple and 

 becoming heavily veined with deep 

 purple ; it resembles S. melanorhoda. 

 MooREi, fl. greenish-yel. suffused with 

 different tints of pink; 1. green, thickly 

 netted cr. veins and mottled white. 

 PoPEl, fl. greenish-yel. flushed with 

 pink ; 1. green, very narrow. 

 Stevensji, 1. very large, green, with 

 prominent straight deep purple veins, 

 netted smaller veinings of the same 

 colour. SwANfANA, 1. green with a 

 network of prominent purple veinings. 

 TOLLIANA, 1. green becoming wholly 

 suffused deep purple, red veined with a 

 darker shade of colour. Wrigleyana, 

 I. long, recurving at the apex, showing 

 the influence of S. psiitacina, green 

 becoming suffused with a bright 

 shade of purple, reticulated with a 

 darker in the veinings, mottled white 

 on the upper portions ; one of the 

 most distinct and desirable kinds in 

 cultivation. 



Nepenthes 



ALBO-MARGIXATA, pitchers light 

 green, reddish suffusion above, am- 

 PULLARIA, pitchers of a uniform light 

 green. atro-saxguixea, pitchers 

 reddish-cr., spotted yel. Courtii, 

 pitchers dull green, spotted red. 

 DoMixiANA, pitchers dark green, 

 spotted reddish-brown. hybrida, 

 pitchers dark green. IXTERMEDIA, 

 pitchers green, spotted red. Kex- 

 XEDYAX^'A, pitchers reddish-purple (very 

 distinct); cool-growing. Laavrexce- 

 ANA, pitchers pale green, spotted pro- 

 fusely dark cr. OrTRA:\riAXA, pitchers 

 pale yel. -green, densely spotted deep 

 red. PHYLLAMPHORA, 'pitchers bright 

 green. Ratcliffiana, pitchers green, 

 spotted red. rubra, pitchers bright 

 red ; very large, rubro-maculata, 

 pitchers yel. -green, spotted claret-red. 

 SEPERBA, pitchers green, thickly 

 spotted reddish - brown. VILLOSa, 

 pitchers dull green, slightly spotted 

 reddish- brown. 



15.— ON STOVE PLANTS 



Flowering- (p. 641 to p. 663). 



mag. 



Achimenes. 



Argus, rich plum, orange eye ; large 

 and free. Aurora, rosy sc., yel. 

 throat. Dazzle, vivid sc., pale yel. 

 eye ; small fl., but very profuse ; good 

 habit. Eclipse, orange-sc, car. spots; 

 abundant bloomer and good habit. 

 Gem, rich car. purple ; small, but very 

 free. Grand is, purplish lilac and 

 mauve, throat orange spotted ; medium 

 size and free. Leopard, brig 

 rose, throat copiously spotted. Long 

 FLORA ALBA, white ; good habit. 

 Loveliness, rich mag., shaded cr., 

 golden-yel. eye, maroon spots ; edges 

 fringed. Magx^et, deep orange, cr. 

 spots and zone of car. ; distinct and free. 

 Margaretta, pure white; medium 

 size. Phoebus, purple, merging to 

 orange, throat dark yel., dark cr. spots. 

 Pink Perfection, rosy-pink, bright 

 red eye, 5^el. throat, spotted orange, 

 rays of violet ; excellent. RoLLissoNii, 

 deep lav. blue, throat 3'el., cr. spots ; 

 an effective variety. Rose Queen, 

 rosy-lake, shaded deep purple, orange 

 throat ; large and attractive. Stella, 

 deep mag., orange eye ; edges fringed ; 

 large fl., and freely produced. Unique, 

 rosy-pink, pale orange ej'e, sc. spots ; 



fringed ; large 



and handsome. 



Yio- 



letta, rich violet-purple, dark veins. 



Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) 



ASPASIA, white, feathered light sc. 

 Brenda, rich cr. Daones, bright 

 orange-red, margined white. Doris, 

 dark cr. and maroon. Dr. Masters, 

 bright car-sc, shaded purplish-cr. ; 

 good form and substance. Duke of 

 York, dazzling sc. Excellext, bril- 

 liant sc. and cr., pure white rays. 

 Hox. Maurice Gifford, deep cr.- 

 sc. ; good substance and fair size. 

 J. R. Pitcher, cr.-car., reticulated a 

 deeper tint. Kinetox^, light red, large 

 white star. Latox^a, cr.-sc, green 

 eye. Leopoldi, large cr. fl., white 

 star in centre ; tips of segment creamy- 

 white. Morning Star, scape tour- to 

 six-flowered; cr.-sc, bands of white. 

 Pera, brick-red, white markings. 

 QuEEX"" OF Holland, rose-sc, white 

 stripe. Sultan, segments reflexed 

 maroon-cr. The Czar, rich velvety-cr. 

 Viscountess Hambledox^ bright 

 red, green eye ; large, and good shape. 



Amherstia 



NOB I lis, fl. in drooping racemes, rich 

 ver. spotted yel., ephemeral ; requires 



