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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



N. Curtisi superba. — A great improvement on the 

 original species ; pitchers larger and brighter in 

 their coloration and markings. 

 ,, Dicksoniana. — Garden hybrid; pitchers 10 to 12 

 inches long, sub-cylindric and slightly compressed, 

 of a bright pulvous green, densely speckled with 

 bright red crimson. Rim of the aperture is the 

 most striking ornament of the pitcher. 

 distillatoria. — Synonym Khasiana. — China ; 

 leaves 1 to 1§ feet long ; pitchers 6i by \h inches, 

 green with purplish markings, wedge-shaped when 

 young. 



,, Dominiana. — Garden hybrid ; leaves dark green, 

 broad oblong; pitchers deep green and slightly 

 spotted, several inches in height. 



,, Hookeriana. — Sarawak; leaves coriaceous, nearly 

 glabrous, acute at both ends ; pitchers spotted 

 with red, sub-glubose or sometimes elongated. A 

 handsome species, only differing slightly from N. 

 Rafflesiana. 



hybrida. — Garden hybrid; leaves deej> green, 

 oblong, broad ; pitchers about 8 inches long, deep 

 green, winged and ciliated in front. The variety 

 maculata has larger pitchers, profusely streaked 

 with reddish purple. 



,, intermedia. — Garden hybrid; leaves coriaceous, 

 tapering to both ends ; pitchers 6 inches by Sc- 

 inches, green, spotted with red. 



,, Masteriana. — Garden hybrid ; leaves with mid- 

 rib depressed, prominent beneath ; pitchers 8 to 

 10 inches by 'l\ inches, deep claret red, thinly 

 hairy, cylindrical. One of the freest and most 

 attractive Nepenthes yet raised. Constitution 

 good ; plant dwarf, every leaf giving a pitcher. 



N. mixta. — Garden hybrid; leaves oblong, acute, 

 with a winged petiole ; pitchers 8 inches long, 

 pale yellowish green, blotched with red. The fine 

 ribs surrounding the mouth of the pitcher are of 

 a deep crimson colour. Fig. 5. 



,, Morgani.e. — Garden hybrid; leaves pale green, 

 with red mid-ribs; pitchers 6 to 8 inches long, 

 beautifully mottled with bright red and pale 

 green when young, almost self-coloured and blood 

 red in an adult stage ; flask shaped. 



,, Northiana. — Borneo; leaves coriaceous, taper- 

 ing at the base into a short, broad amplexicant 

 stalk; pitchers huge, 12 to 16 inches in length, 

 and 3 to 5 inches broad ; greenish, red striped, 

 and spotted with crimson ; cylindrical. A noble 

 species. 



,, Rafflesiana.— Singapore ; leaves alternate and 

 petiolate ; pitchers greenish-yellow, with brown 

 markings. R. insignis and R. nigro-purpurea 

 are distinct improvements on the type. 



,, Rajah. — Borneo; leaves coriaceous, tapering at 

 the base ; pitchers over 1 foot long, dull purple, 

 slightly hairy, cylindrical. 



„ sanguinea. — East Indies ; leaves dark green ; 

 pitchers 5 to 10 inches long, of a deep blood-red. 



,, Sedeni. — Garden hybrid ; pitchers medium-sized, 

 light green, profusely blotched and freckled with 

 brownish crimson. 



,, Veitchi. — Borneo; leaves stout, tapering at the 

 base ; pitchers about 12 inches long, and 3 to 4 

 inches in diameter, somewhat cylindrical, rich 

 green with a brownish tinge and covered with 

 minute woolly hairs. 



nidularium (Karatas ).— A small genus of stove flowering and ornamental leaved 

 plants, a few species of which may well be grown where variety is desired. The 

 following are recommended: N. omenta, Eio Janeiro, leaves spinose and tipped with 

 blood-red, flowers blue and red, February to March; N. Innocenti, Brazil, leaves 

 lanceolate, dark-green on the upper side, deep reddish purple beneath, flowers bright 

 orange-red, produced in a nest-like crown; N. Meyendorffi, Brazil, flowers blue; 

 N. Plumieri, "West Indies, leaves long, sharp-pointed and spiny, flowers pink ; 

 and N. spectabile, Brazil, leaves 1 foot long, strap shape, spiny, flowers blood-red, white, 

 and pale violet-blue in a crowded fascicle. Mdulariums are propagated from February 

 to April, by off-shoots inserted singly in small pots of sandy soil, in temperature of 85°. 

 Water carefully till roots are formed, and when the plants require more room, transfer 



