NEPENTHES. 



moisture, both at the roots and in the atmosphere, on the approach of autumn, and still 

 more during the winter. Established plants are usually rebasketed in February or 

 March, removing all inert or un- 

 genial soil, and giving fresh sweet 

 compost. Summer temperature, 

 70° to 85° ; winter, 65° to 75°. 



Species and Varieties of 

 Nepenthes. 



There are about twenty species 

 in cultivation, while hybrids and 

 varieties are being constantly 

 added to the list, chiefly by 

 Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons. 



N. albo - margin - ata. — Singapore ; leaves 

 narrow, 9 to 12 inches long ; pitchers 

 light-green below, reddish above, having 

 a distinct white ring towards the mouth ; 

 dwarf growing. 



ampullaria. — Borneo; leaves broad, 



oblong, with somewhat oval pitchers; 



terminal lid small; colour a uniform 



light green; strong grower. A. picta 



and a. vittata major are good varieties. 

 ,, atro - sanguinea. — Garden hybrid; 



leaves stalked; pitchers about 6 inches 



by 1\ inches, reddish crimson, spotted 



with yellow ; pointed at the base. 

 „ bicalcarata. — Borneo ; leaves of a 



peculiar dark green; pitchers bag- 

 shaped, covered when young with a 



fluffy, rust-coloured down. 

 ,, Btjrkei. — Philippine Islands; a very 



variable species. B. excellens is richly 



coloured and distinct. 

 „ Chelsoni. — Garden hybrid, between N. 



Dominiana and N. Hookeriana, having 



a habit intermediate between the two. 

 ,, cincta. — Borneo; leaves 12 inches by 3 



inches, tapering to a broad dilated base, 



dark green ; pitchers 7 inches to 8 



inches by 2\ inches, green flushed with red, and 



with numerous irregular purple blotches. 

 Courti. — Garden hybrid, raised in Veitch's Nur- 

 series by Mr. Court ; leaves dark green, tapering 



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Nepenthes mixta 



towards the base ; pitchers 5 inches by 2A- inches, 

 dull greyish green, spotted with red, distended at 

 the base, and cylindrical above the middle. One 

 of the handsomest. 



