HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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Nepenthes are surface-rooting plants, and should he 

 potted in rough fibrous peat and sphagnum moss ; 

 drain well and water freel} r , both from watering-can 

 and syringe. They enjoy a strong heat and moist 



ornamented in front with 

 a double - fringed, wing ; 

 lid small ; in the varie- 

 ties picta and major 

 the pitchers are pro- 

 fusely blotched with 



cinnamon-brown. Indian 

 Islands. 

 N. atrosanguinea— pitchers 

 upwards of six inches 

 long ; reddish - crimson, 

 sparingly spotted with 



Musa Sapientui 



atmosphere, but must not be exposed to the full in- 

 fluence of the sun. Stove. 

 HT. albo-marginata— all these I 

 plants have "broad-oblong | 

 leaves, therefore it will | 



only be necessary to de- 

 scribe the curious ascidia 



or pitchers; reddish- 

 green.bordered round the 

 rim with white. Borneo. 

 N. ampullacea — pitchers 

 ovate, bright apple-green, 



yellow; wings broad and 

 fringed. Garden variety. 

 N, bicalcarata — pitchers 

 about six inches long, and 

 nearly four inches across 

 at the base, which is the 

 widest part ; pale crim- 

 son, streaked i. with nu- 



merous, parallel, oblique 

 ridges ; wings in front 

 deeply fringed ; at the 

 base of the lid are two 

 prominent, strong, spiny 

 spurs. Borneo. 

 N. coccinea — pitchers 

 aboutl six inches long, 



