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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGI8T. 
[ October, 
destructive to tliis class of plants. Keep tlie slioots properly secured, as they are 
liable to be broken off with the wind. The plants generally bloom in the second 
year much more profusely than the first. They may be grown to a large size, up 
to two or three years old, but after this they become less vigorous and should be 
replaced by young plants. They should be placed in a cool green-house early in 
October, giving them plenty of air, and keeping them clean from green-fly, which 
is sometimes very troublesome. Some very fine new varieties have been exhibited 
during the last spring, and several of them have been awarded First-class Cer¬ 
tificates. The following are recommended :— 
Princess Christian (Turner).—A fine bright pink, fading to a beautiful peach-colour; a 
good large flower, and very distinct; extra fine. 
King of the Belgians (Turner).—A beautiful deep rose-colour; a fine large flower, and a 
very free-blooming variety; very fine. 
Empress of Germany (Turner).—A fine large white, very slightly marked with bright 
rose ; fine full flower, and good shape; extra fine. 
Princess Beatrice (Turner).—Very fine bright rose; fine petal, good-shaped flower, and 
very profuse-blooming ; extra fine. 
Queen of the Belgians (Turner).—A good large white ; fine stout petal, slightly striped 
with bright rose ; very free and very fine. 
Caliban (Turner).—A good bright Rose Flake, large and well marked ; very fine. 
Marchioness of Westminster (Turner).—-Deep rose ; a very fine, large, good-shaped flower, 
and very profuse-blooming; extra fine. 
Deloche. —A fine large full flower ; fine smooth petal, heavily edged with bright rose; 
very fine and very distinct. 
Rosy Morn (Turner).—Large deep rose ; a very profuse-blooming variety. 
Delicata (Turner).—A light purple-edged Picotee ; a very free, good useful flower. 
La Belle (Blackley).—Pure white ; fine large full flower, good large petal, and tolerably 
smooth ; a most profuse-blooming variety. The ‘ grass ’ of this variety is slender and wiry; 
it grows very freely, and produces shoots or flower-buds at every joint, and would, if required, 
make a useful variety for growing over trellises. 
Celestial (Turner).—Heavy, rose-edged Picotee ; very free, and quite distinct. 
Model (Lee).—French white, medium-sized, good stout well-formed petals, and very 
robust habit; fine. 
Miss Jolliffe (Masters).—Pale pink or flesh-colour; a very nice flower, and remarkably 
fragrant ; very fine. — J. Ball, Slough. 
OUR GARDEN PITCHER-PLANTS. 
jN previous occasions we Lave adverted to tlie cultivation of these very 
interesting plants, and we now add, condensed from the pages of our weekly 
contemporary, the Gardener s’ Chronicle , a brief descriptive notice of the 
species and varieties at present existing in our gardens. The nomenclature 
is in accordance with that adopted by Dr. Hooker, in a monograph of the genus pre¬ 
pared for De Candolle’s Prodromus , and may therefore be regarded as authorita¬ 
tive. The more essential distinctions are considered by Dr. Hooker to reside in 
the form of the seed, winged or wingless, the form of the female flower and ovary, 
and the nature of the inflorescence. As far as the pitchers are concerned, the 
main differences consist in the form, the presence or absence of wings, the 
ribbing of the mouth, the size and shape of the lid, &c. The descriptions apply 
more especially to the foliage and the pitchers :— 
1. Nepenthes distillatoria, Linn. — Stem glabrous; leaves glabrous, elliptic-lanceolate, 
with a broad, winged, stem-clasping stalk; pitchers 4 —G in. long, 1—1^ in. in diameter, 
tubular, slightly dilated at the base, wingless, mouth somewhat heart-shaped, margin narrow, lid 
