January 28, 1886. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER 
69 
It ia pleasant to know that the life history of these most interesting 
plants has lately received the most successful attention of Dr. Macfarlane 
that Mr. W. E. Dixon has in preparation an elaborate historical paper on 
this interesting family, the publication of which is awaited with much 
Fig. 12.— Nepenthes yillosa and N. Edwardsiana. 
of the Botanical Gardens, E dinburgb, where also Mr. Lindsay has reared I interest. As will be seen from the above careful measurements, our 
many distinct hybrids of bota nical interest; and lastly I am glad to know illustrations (fig. 12) are considerably below the natural size. The 
