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severe as with us, is sufficient to destroy the foliage and stag¬ 
nate vegetation ; and beside this, we know that not only nearly 
every species, but also their hybrid varieties, will retain their 
vitality through our severest winters, with but little protection, 
in the open borders. Bearing this in mind, it does appear to 
us that the greenhouse is not the best situation for them during 
the cold weather. Our manner of treating them is this : — As 
soon as the bloom is well over, cease watering, and let them 
stand a week or ten days in the warmest part of the garden, so 
that the sun may have full effect in ripening the wood; and 
before frost occurs, remove them to a dry shed just sufficiently 
close to secure them from severe frosts ; here let them remain 
until the spring, either in the pots in which they have grown 
through the summer; or if space is valuable, they may be 
shaken out of the earth, and laid close together, covering the 
roots over with a mat or two : on the return of growing weather 
prune them back to within six inches of the base of the stem ; 
then, after repotting, place them in a warm house, and the 
growth will be rapid and simultaneous, ultimately producing a 
well-proportioned bushy plant. 
It must be understood we recommend this treatment only for 
mature plants; recent plants, either from seeds or cuttings, 
will of course require all the encouragement it is possible to 
give them through the dull months of the winter. 
No. 1. F. gigantea, of our present plate, is a seedling raised 
last season by that most successful cultivator, Mr. J. Smith of 
Dalston ; its beauties will be readily appreciated by every ad¬ 
mirer of the tribe. 
No. 2. F.superba was obtained by seed at the same time by 
Mr. C. Matlock, gardener at Herne House, Derbyshire. It is 
a decided improvement on the globose forms — a class, we 
think, well worthy attention. — Editor. 
ON THE CULTURE OF DIONfEA MUSCIPULA. 
I am induced to send you the following Paper from a desire 
to extend the knowledge of and cultivation of this most mecha¬ 
nically curious plant; and now that Orchideae are gaining so 
much on general estimation, there will be no want of appro¬ 
priate places in which it may be grown. 
