A WHITE CYPRIPEDIUM ACAULE 



By Charles MacNamara. 



r I 'HE genus Cypripedium undoubtedly furnishes the finesl 

 orchid blossoms of Eastern North America, and in beauty 

 of form and richness of coloring they challenge comparison 

 with any of the exotics of the same genus. But strange to say, 

 none of our native Lady's slippers figure in the dealers' 

 catalogues, and very few fanciers seem to grow them. It is 

 not easy to understand this neglect, but probably it is due to 

 the small store we set on familiar things. If it were necessary 



