. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 358 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. growing plant, resembling a miniature D. terminalis, but much higher in co'our. D. Eegina—leaves broad, recurved, bright green, flaked with pure white, the young leaves wholly- white. D. Eex—leaves large and broad, bronzy-green, suf- fused with rosy-purple, and striped with carmine. D. Eobinsoniana - order {Droseracece) ; it comes from the Greek word drosos, " dew," in allusion to the viscid gum which exudes from the glandular hairs clothing the leaves, thus retaining any insects which alight upon them, and he
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 358 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. growing plant, resembling a miniature D. terminalis, but much higher in co'our. D. Eegina—leaves broad, recurved, bright green, flaked with pure white, the young leaves wholly- white. D. Eex—leaves large and broad, bronzy-green, suf- fused with rosy-purple, and striped with carmine. D. Eobinsoniana - order {Droseracece) ; it comes from the Greek word drosos, " dew," in allusion to the viscid gum which exudes from the glandular hairs clothing the leaves, thus retaining any insects which alight upon them, and hence the popular name of DKACiENA (CoRDTLISE) IndIVISA These plants should be grown in peat and sphag- num moss, supplied liberally with water to the roots, and fully exposed to the sun. Intermediate House. large, dark green, striped and flaked with crimson and greenish - white, over which is spread a metallic hue. D. salmonea—leaves when young derp flame-colour, changing to deep green, streaked and flaked with salmon-pink. D. terminalis—the oMestof the coloured-leaved kinds. and still one of the most useful, leaves when young crimson, changing to a Vironzy-green, flaked with deep crimson. D. terminalis alba—an exact counterpart of the prece- ding in habit; leaves nar- row, when young pure white, changing to bright green, broadly flaked with white. D. binata—usually attains a height of six to twelve inches, the narrow leaves are dichotomously divi- ded, the narrow segments profusely clothed with the reddish glandular hairs. Scape erect, bear- ing numerous large white flowers. Summer months. D. capensis—a bold-growing foi'm, leaves simple, six or more inches long, ar- ranged in a rosulate man- ner, densely covered with long viscid crimson hairs. D. luuata—this is a most Drosera.—This genus gives its name to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and app
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