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of water. In the case of any specimens 
which do not seem to be flourishing it is an 
excellent plan, and one which will often save 
a plant, to cover it in with a hell glass to 
prevent evaporation. The majority of the 
droseras bear clusters of charming white 
flowers during the summer, although several 
of the species produce colored blooms. In 
this last category may he mentioned D. 
fHifortnts with purple blossoms and D. gracile 
with flowers of a charming pink shade. 1 wo 
good white flowered species are D. binata and 
D. rotiDidifoUa both real acquisitions to any 
greenhouse. Of course the chief interest of 
rh ese little plants consists m their remarkable 
leaves which are thickly covered with clubbed 
hairs. Should an insect settle on the leaf of a 
sundew the little processes at once close 
around the unfortunate victim, whilst at the 
same time a copious digestive fluid Is poured 
forth from surface glands. It is observable 
that specimens of these plants which cannot 
get a good supply of flies will languish and 
sometimes die altogether. 
Hut far more strange than the sundew is 
the world famed Venus’s fly-trap (Dioruva 
nmsctgida) a plant which has well earned the 
distinction of being the most remarkable on 
earth. This species is a native of the hog 
districts of North Carolina, and no collection 
could he considered complete without at least 
one example of this 
plant. The require¬ 
ments of the Venus’s 
fly-trap in thewat’ 
of soil are well met 
with an admixture of 
live sphagnum moss 
and peat. It is desir¬ 
able that particular 
attention he paid to 
see that the drainage 
is all right, d'he pot 
containing the speci¬ 
men must he kept con- 
stantlv standing in a 
saucer of water to in¬ 
sure successful (growth. 
o 
Kven with the greatest 
of care the Di oiucn 
IS not very easy to 
grow well, and it is 
only under favorable 
circumstances that it 
can he induced to dis¬ 
play Its pretty white 
flowers. In manv 
establishments rhe 
DROSERAS,' SUNDEWS, ETC. 
SARRACENIA SWAN I ANA 
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