Plate 208 . 
SABBACENIA DBTTMMONDXL 
The impulse that has been given to the cultivation of pitcher- 
plants by that zealous and indefatigable friend of horticulture 
Lady Dorothy Neville, has induced us to give a representation 
of one of those whose cultivation comes within the reach of 
those amateurs w T ho possess nothing more than an intermediate 
house; for while the different varieties of Nepenthes require 
the treatment of a stove, the Sarracenias will flourish, some of 
them, in a warm greenhouse, and others even in cold frames 
or pits. 
We are indebted to Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway, one of 
our ablest and most experienced plantsmen, for the following 
notes on their culture :■—“ The genus Sarracenia comprises per¬ 
haps some of the most curious and interesting plants that we 
have, and one which is much more rare than it need be, owing 
to the mistakes that have been made with regard to their cul¬ 
ture ; for notwithstanding that they are mostly North American 
plants, and consequently are subject to great variations of tem¬ 
perature, they have been generally treated as stove plants. But 
it has been found with them, as with many of our Orchids, that 
the high temperature to which they have been subjected is not 
only not necessary, but does not suit them so well as a lower 
one. My method of procedure is, to put them in a soil com¬ 
posed of good fibrous peat, sphagnum moss, and leaf-mould, in 
about equal proportions, well mixed but not sifted. Plenty of 
broken pots and charcoal should be used for drainage, for on 
attention to this point depends a good deal of the success of 
their cultivation. Being bog plants, they require a great deal 
of water; and if there be not good drainage, the soil is apt to 
become soured, and the plant to be injured, if not destroyed. 
