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growth, issue of Veitchii and Rafflesiana, and 

 intermediate in form. It resembles the last- 

 named in shape of pitcher, but these are some- 

 times 1 2 inchesin length, of a light rich green 

 finely blotched with bright crimson. The crim- 

 son rim is broad and reflexed, lined at intervals 

 with deep purplish bands. Mature pitchers last 

 in beauty for many months upon this striking 

 and beautiful plant. 



N. distillatoria. — One of the oldest known 

 kinds, first described in 1682, and a native of 

 Ceylon. It is a true climber, which should be 

 allowed to grow, the upper leaves bearing fine 

 pitchers. Though it can do with less heat than 

 most kinds its growth is often not free. It is, 

 however, a beautiful plant with long narrow 

 pitchers of a ruddy colour, reaching a foot in 

 length upon the wild plant, and holding a pint 

 of water. There is a form, rubra, bearing deep 

 blood-red pitchers. Syn. zeylanica. Another 

 plant, often miscalled distillatoria, is synony- 

 mous with N. Khasiana. 



N. Dominiana. — The first hybrid Nepen- 

 thes raised, of uncertain origin, but ahandsome 

 form of free growth. Its pitchers, borne upon 

 dark green leathery leaves, are several inches 

 long and green, sparsely spotted. 



N. Dormanniana. — An American seedling 

 not very distinct. Its pitchers are long and 

 gradually tapering, their pale ground colour 

 heavily blotched with dark red, the broad rim 

 and the lid alone being free from deep colour. 



N. Edwardsiana. — One of the beautiful 

 but inaccessible plants of the Bornean moun- 

 tains, growing upon low moss-covered trees at 

 a height of 7,000 to 10,000 feet in a region 

 of perpetual mist. From the descriptions of 

 travellers it is a robust climbing plant living 

 upon trees, with stems 20 or more feet long, 

 while its enormous rounded pitchers of brick- 

 red colour vary from 1 o to 23 inches in length, 

 with a green base and pink frilling around the 

 mouth, but none save dried specimens of this 

 noble plant have ever reached this country. 



N. excelsior. — An American cross between j 

 Rafflesiana and Hookeriana. Its pitchers reach ! 

 9 inches in length and resemble in shape those I 

 of Hooker's Nepenthes, but are more rounded 

 at the base ; they are richly marked with red- 

 dish-purple and dark brown upon a ground of 

 pale green. A dwarf plant of free growth. 



{To be continv.d.) 



THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL. 

 HOME LANDSCAPE AND HOME 

 WOODS. EVERGREEN WEEDS. 



Rampant weeds in the garden, however 

 " bad," are as nothing in evil effect 

 compared with that of evergreen weeds. 

 The multitude of Portugal and Cherry 

 Laurels and Privets set down in clouds 

 round country houses is the marring of 

 much in the home landscape. Better 

 many times the effect of our native ve- 

 getation of Bracken, Briar, Birch, or 

 any wild scrub that comes near, rather 

 than the dismal green walls which have 

 grown up owing to inconsiderate plant- 

 ing of evergreens out of place. Done 

 with good intentions at first, the result 

 of such planting soon becomes deplor- 

 able. Those evergreens are mainly exo- 

 tic shrubs, and being novelties and easily 

 grown they were planted everywhere, 

 without thought of their true nature 

 or stature. Though considered shrubs, 

 they are in a wild state medium-sized 

 trees, and in our country they grow 

 with an extraordinary rapidity, soon 

 leaving the shrub-state behind and 

 growing above the line of sight. The 

 next step in garden routine is to cut 

 them down to an ugly hard line. In 

 many large places they are planted be- 

 neath trees — often fine trees too — so 

 as to cut off from sight the bases of the 

 trees. It is not only the ugliness of 

 the result that we have to think of, but 

 there is also the robbery of the ground 

 by these too facile evergreens of the 

 water that in times of drought ought 

 to go to the trees. The right way with 

 these large evergreens is to mass or 

 group them in woods or plantations, 



