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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Sarracenta Species. 



S. Drummondi. — Flowers purple, 3 inches long on 

 scapes longer than the loaves. April. Leaves 

 2 feet long, erect trumpet-shaped narrow-winged ; 

 lamina erect, white, reticulated with purple veins. 

 This species has the peculiarity of producing a 

 second crop of pitchers late in the season, which 

 continue fresh on the plant during the winter. 

 S. D. alba has leaves beautifully shaded and 

 reticulated with transparent white at the apex 

 and lamina, while in S. D. rubra the markings 

 are red. 



FLAVA. — Trumpet Loaf. Flowers yellow, 4 to 5 inches 

 across, scopes the same length as the leaves. 

 April and May. Leaves erect, 2 feet high, yel- 

 lowish, trumpet-shaped lip, reddish at the base, 

 or reticulated with purple veins. Atrosan guinea, 

 Catcsbau, limbata, maxima, ornata, and picta, are 

 all forms of S. flava. 



I'SITTACINA. — Parrot-beaked Sarracenia. Flowers 



purple on scapes 1 foot high. April and May. 

 Leaves 2 to 4 inches long, slender, tubo marked 

 with white spots and lamina inflated, incurved- 

 beakod, almost closing the orifice of the tube. 



purpurea. — Huntsman's Cap. Flowers purple, 

 scapes 1 foot high. April and May. Leaves 4 

 to 6 inches long, spreading, tubo inflated, contracted 

 at the throat ; lamina reniform, erect, hairy within 

 and often purple veined. 



rubra. — Flowers reddish purple. May. Leaves 10 

 to 18 inches high, erect, slender, reticulated with 

 purple veins; lamina ovate, beak-pointed, to- 

 mentoso within. S. r. acuminata is a desirable, 

 taper-leaved form of S. rubra. 



variolaris. — Flowers yellow, 2 inches wide. May. 

 Leaves erect, 6 to 12 inches high, spotted with 

 white near the yellowish trumpet ; lamina hairy 

 and reticulated with purple veins within. 



Hybrid Sarracenias. 

 Many beautiful hybrids liavc been raised since the foregoing species were intro- 

 duced, the result of cross fertilization. The first was obtained by the late Dr. Moore 

 of Glasnevin, and is mentioned below. S. Stevensi (Eig. 108) was raised by the late 

 Mr. Stevens at Trcntham, and S. Willisi (Fig. 109) is one of many raised by Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons. A few of the more noteworthy varieties are: — 



Atkinsoniana. — A distinct form raised between 



8. flam maxima and S. purpurea. 

 ciielsoni. — A beautiful hybrid between S. rubra and 



S. purpurea. 



Courti. — Parents <S'. purpurea and ,S'. psittacina. 

 CRisr at a . — Supposed hybrid between 3. flava and 

 S. rubra. 



Formosa. — A hybrid between S. psittacina and ,S'. 



variolaris, and rightly named " beautiful." 

 Maddisoniana.— A dwarf form obtained by crossing 



>S'. variolaris and S. psittacina. 



melanorhoda. — A cross between S. Stevensi, another 



hybrid, and S. purpurea. 

 Moorei. — Parents S. flava and S. Drummondi. 

 Stevensi. — Stately and handsome. Parents S. flava 



and S. Drummondi. 

 Tolliana. — Parents S. Drummondi and S. flava. 

 Williamsi. — A distinct and striking hybrid between 



S. purpurea, and S. flava. 

 Willisi. — Dwarf, attractive, bright. Parents S. 



Mclandrcda and S. Courti. 



SOLANDM JASMINOIDES.— See CONSERVATORY CLIMBERS. 



Solanum capicastrum and other berried solanums, see Commercial Floriculture. 



sollya. — There are two species of this small genus of Australian evergreen twiners 

 which are worthy of inclusion among extensive collections of greenhouse plants. These 

 are S. hctcrophylla, "Australian Blue-bell Creeper," producing its terminal cymes 

 of blue-bell-like flowers freely in the summer, height 6 feet ; and S. parviflora, with 



