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NAT. ORDER. SARRACENIE^E. 
are of a purple color on the outside, but green within, only having- pur- 
ple edges ; the petals are of a purple color, and dished somewhat like a 
spoon. It is a native of most parts of North America, in swampy- 
places about Quebec, Lake Huron, and probably common throughout 
Canada, and as far north as Bears Lake, and as far south as Carolina. 
Sarracenia rjariolaris. Chequered side-saddle flower. This is a 
small dwarfish looking plant, rising not more than a foot high ; leaves 
elongated, their tube spotted on the back, ending in a short arched ap- 
pendage ; flowers yellow ; the transparent spots on the back of the 
leaf distinguishes this species readily from the preceding, with which 
it has often been confounded. It is a native of North America, in open 
swamps on a sandy soil, from Massachusetts to Florida. It may be 
found in great abundance near the base of Great Hills in the town of - 
Leverett, Franklin county, Mass., where I have seen it blossom from 
May till late in July. 
Propagation and Culture. These singular and handsome plants 
are very desirable objects in the collections of the admirers of nature. 
They are all inhabitants of the swamps of this country, but will not 
stand in the open air of Canada or England. They should be kept in 
pots filled with turfy peat at the bottom, and the upper part with sjyag- 
num or water-moss, in which the plants must be set and then placed 
in pans of water ; they succeed best in frames in a shady situation or 
in a stove. They also succeed very well if set in spagnum in a frame 
without pots, but they always will require to be kept rather moist and 
well shaded. In this last way the sashes require to be almost kept 
shut. There is no way, as yet, known by which they can be increased 
except by dividing the plants at the root. There are many of these 
plants cultivated in England as a curiosity, but are all exported from 
this country. 
