Plate 127 . 
CLEMATIS — ■" MARQUIS OF SALISBURY." 
The very fine variety of Clematis we now figure makes a notable addition to the series 
of Clematis we have illustrated in former Numbers of this Magazine, and will at once remind 
our readers of the grand Clematis rubro-violacea and C. Jackmanni, figured in Plates 215 and 
226 in Yol. IV. of the Floral Magazine. Intense as is the coloration of the petals in the 
latter plants, yet the rich velvety depth of the maroon-purple is still more striking in 
C. Marquis of Salisbury, which somewhat resembles C. magnifica ( Floral Magazine , Yol. VIII., 
PI. 453) in having a flame of claret or turkey-red along each segment of the flower. 
Clematis Marquis of Salisbury is a free-growing and exceedingly promising variety, apparently 
belonging to the (early) Jackmanni type. The leaves are pinnatisect, having ovate-lanceolate, 
much acuminated hairy leaflets, which are sometimes ternately divided. The flowers are of 
a fine dark plum colour, remarkable for their rich velvety surface, and consist of about six 
sepals, which are broad and overlapping. Its richness and depth of colour are remarkable. 
The Clematis will thrive in almost any situation ; all it requires is to be grown in rich 
deep soil, to be manured freely every season, and to be planted out in the open ground that 
their roots may have freedom ; but should this or other varieties be required for conservatory 
decoration care must be taken in providing large deep pots. In pruning, the object should 
be that of favouring to the utmost the development of the vigorous young shoots, which in 
the early Jackmanni strain flower both in the year’s old growth, and again later on in the 
summer in the young wood. Clematis Marquis of Salisbury, received a First-Class Certificate 
at the meeting of the Po 3 ’al Horticultural Society on the 15tli of April last. 
Plate 128 . 
NEPENTHES SAN GUINEA. 
This rare and magnificent pitcher-plant was introduced ;by Mr. William Lobb (Messrs. 
Veitch’s collector) from the summit of Mount Opliir in the East Indies, in 1S4S, from which 
region — the Indian Archipelago — nearly all the species of Nepenthes in cultivation are 
brought. Pitcher-plants grow in the swamps of the Malay Islands, Australia New Cale- 
donia, the Seychelle Islands, and Madagascar ; their seeds float at first on the surface of 
the water, which they imbibe by degrees and then sink to the bottom, where they germinate. 
Few plants are more singular in habit than pitcher-plants, which call to mind, by their leaf- 
form, some species of Sarracenia, and present analogies with both Drosera and Parnassia. 
In successfully growing these plants heat at the roots is considered as necessary as a hot 
humid atmosphere is essential for the leaves and stems. Nepenthes naturally grow in hot 
swamps, and are best cultivated in a compost of coarse fibrous peat, mixed with a greater 
portion of Hypnum moss. The plants should be plunged in rather wet moss, kept at a heat 
of not less than eighty degrees, so as to secure a constantly warm humid atmosphere 
surrounding the plants. Considerable uncertainty seems to exist as to why the pitcher- 
plant was named Nepenthes, a name under which Homer speaks of a substance which has 
been said to be opium (probably some magic potion) ; but we think the name clearly has 
reference to the “ nectar” which is secreted by the pitchers ; or the plant (vrnrcvOtQ), which, 
when mixed with wine, formed a magic drink, said to have had the power of obliterating 
pain and sorrow from the memory. The pitchers (especially in N. distillatoria) are partly 
filled with water befoi'e the lid opens : hence we presume the secretion has been looked upon 
as a magic draught having occult properties, and the plant named “ Nepenthes” with that 
idea in view. Our figure was taken at Messrs. Veitch and Sons’ Nursery at Chelsea, and 
represents the plant originally grown by Mr. Baines at Southgate House. 
