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SARRACENIAS AS FLOWERING PLANTS. 
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SARRACENIAS AS FLOWERING PLANTS. 
[Plate 543.] 
OR tlie materials which have enabled us 
to produce the accompanying illustra¬ 
tion of several forms of Sarracenia in 
the flowering state, we are indebted to Mr. W. 
Bull, of Chelsea, whose collection of these 
plants is remarkable for its extent and the rich 
variety which it comprises. Though, of course, 
the flowers of the Sarracenias have been well 
known, yet it has been rather the fashion to 
cultivate this class of plants chiefly for the 
sake of their pitcher-like foliage, to secure the 
full development of which the flowers have not 
been encouraged. When allowed to grow in a 
of the species, with bright yellow flowers. 
Fig. 4 represents S. crispata, a form with 
white flowers, which, though sometimes classed 
with S.Jlavci , appears to us to be quite distinct 
from that plant both in its form and colour¬ 
ing. This plant was named by us crispata 
in Mr. Bull’s Catalogue for 1880, in allusion 
to the wavy margin of the lid of the pitchers, 
which is not very clearly indicated in Mr. 
Fitch’s drawing. For the woodcut figures 
accompanying this article, we are also indebted 
to Mr. Bull. 
A very full account of the structure of these 
Sarracekia Drummondii. 
moderately warm house, however, they all pro¬ 
duce their flower-stems very freely, and, as our 
illustration bears testimony, the flowers are of 
remarkable interest and beauty. 
In the accompanying plate, four of the most 
striking of the species are represented. Fig. 1 
shows that known as S. Drummondii, which has 
flowers of a deep mahogany-red. Fig. 2 
represents S. rubra, which also has rich deep- 
red and highly fragrant flowers. Fig. 3 shows 
S. flava ornata, a very free-growing form 
No. 44. imperial series. 
North - American Pitcher Plants was given 
by Mr. Boulger, in the Gardeners' Chronicle 
(n.s. xv. 627). Subsequently Dr. Masters 
has described and illustrated, in the same jour¬ 
nal, the various known species (n.s. xv. 817, 
and XVI. 11), as well as the hybrids (n.s. 
xvi. 110) which have been obtained during 
the last few years, and from this source, aided 
by our own notes, we glean the annexed 
abridged descriptions of the original kinds, 
reserving a notice of the hybrid forms for 
