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FLORA AND SYLVA 
May. At the Botanic Garden at Glas- 
nevin, Dublin, there is also a very fine 
collection, with many unnamed seed- 
ling crosses raised there during the past 
25 years. There are also good collec- 
tions at the Botanical Gardens of Edin- 
burgh, Glasgow, and at Cambridge, 
where the rare Heliamphora is well 
grown, and many other places. Among 
the many trade growers Mr. Bruce ot 
Chorlton-cum-Hardy near Manchester 
generally shows them finely at the 
Temple Show of the Royal Horticul- 
tural Society. 
S ecies — '^''^f Solaris. 
S. calceolata — S. variolaris. 
Catesby's Trumpet-Leaf {S. Catesbcei). — 
This plant may be (asDr.Mastershassuggested) 
the original of S.Jiava as found in books, but the 
AS.y&w of gardens is a different plant. Dr. Mac- 
farlane has made a special study of S. Catesbcei 
(see references) and thinks it nearly related to 
S. rw^ra, although the flowers vary fromyellow 
to straw colour. Again, natural hybrids ht- 
tween S. Drummoni/il and the crimson-throated 
i5'.^^T'<«arecommoninGeorgia,and these appear 
to have been distributed to various herbaria. 
This species or hybrid, be it which it may, is 
said to be the earliest in flower in its wild haunts 
near Mobile, and it is also »the most successful 
fly-catcher of the group whetherwild or in the 
greenhouse, this being due to its rich and lasting 
flow of nectar. In size, colour, texture, and 
fragrance, the flowers differ from S.Jfava. The 
plant is figured in Catesby's " History of Caro- 
lina " of 1754 (Vol. II. p. 69). His notion 
that flies took refuge in the pitchers to escape 
from frogs and other enemies is curious, but 
quite on a par with the natural history notions 
of the period. 
Great Trumpet-Leaf [S. Drummondii) . — 
One of the most beautiful and vigorous of 
the wild kinds. Its erect trumpet leaves are 
often over 2 feet long and but slightly winged. 
The lid is rounded and undulate and, like the 
mouth of the trumpet, greenish or white,heavi- 
ly netted with deep red or rose colour. This 
plant grows twice every year, once in the spring 
when it also flowers, and again in the autumn, 
thus remaining beautiful all the year. The 
flowers are 3 inches across and the petals pur- 
plish-red or crimson colour. There are two 
forms, one presented by the type (or S. D. 
rubra as it is sometimes called), and S. D. alba 
which is taller and the pitchers netted with 
green or red on a semi-transparent white 
ground. It is illustrated in Flore des Serres, 
t. 560 and 1 07 1. S. Drummondii is sometimes 
known as S. undulata from the wavy margin 
of its lid. Marshes of Florida. 
aS". erythropus — S. Jiava var. Rugelii. 
Yellow Trumpet-Leaf {S. jiava). — This 
istheTrumpet-Leaf or Watches of the Ameri- 
can woods and marshes. It is a plant of many 
forms, with leaves 2 feet high and mostly 
green, but varying in size at the mouth and 
in the colour markings. The flowers are 4 to 
5 inches across and vary from creamy-white 
to rich yellow or golden-green. There are 
several named varieties, and imported plants 
are very varied. {Bot. Mag.., t. 780.) Vari- 
eties. — Atropurpurea is a narrow-growing 
form having the mouths of its pitchers and 
their lids suffused with dark crimson or blood- 
colour, with a pale halo in the centre. (Syn. 
flanja sanguinea.) Catesbcei has large pitchers 
the wings of which are marked with red veins. 
Dr. Masters thinks it is doubtful whether this 
plant should not be taken as having been the 
original type of fava, as figured and named 
by Catesby, Elliott, and others. It is often im- 
ported with the typical S. Jiava and is some- 
times grown as S. Jiava picta in gardens. Limb- 
ata is a large-growing form having its rounded 
lid bordered with dark brownish-crimson; and 
maxima a large and robust plant with very wide 
trumpets of a pale yellowish-green. Gigantea, 
a very fine new form which has recently gained 
an award of merit when shown by Mr. Bruce 
at the Temple Show. The pitchers are very 
handsome, 2^ to 3 feet high, pale green in 
colour and widening regularly from the base 
upward. The lid measures 4 to 6 inches across 
and is finely veined with crimson ; immense 
flowers of deep yellow. In ornata the greenish 
pitchers are strongly netted with dark purplish- 
red ; this variety has very large flowers fully 
6 inches across, the sepals being greenish-yel- 
