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The large, leafy stem of the i)lam rises three or four feet 

 high. The upper eight to twelve bract-like leaves are 

 four inches long, and from the axils of each alternates 

 a simple raceme of small, dainty, rose-pink moccasins, 

 similar to those of C. reginae in form and coloring. 

 These flowery slippers remind one of little papoose shoes, 

 hung on pegs, by some ])hantom Indian squaw. The la- 

 bellum is about the size of that of C. candidum, of a pink 

 color overflowing with a darker wine color ; the blunt 

 sepals and side petals are similar in shape to those of C. 

 reginae, although of a green-yellow, instead of waxen 

 white hue. The species has a range from northern Cali- 

 fornia throughout ^^'ashington, Oregon, and Idaho. It 

 is rarely cultivated. 



Cimrtesy of The American B.it.itust. 



TIIK PINK .M()CC.\SIN FLOWEK. 



The small white moccasin flower (C. passerinum), al- 

 though nearly related to the racemed moccasin flower 

 (C. Californicum), is quite unlike it. The leafy stem 

 produces a terminal, shoe-shaped, white flower, and the 

 plant is small. The species has a range from the pine 

 forests along the sandy banks of Yukon river, Alaska, 

 southward to Oregon, Montana, and California. It is 

 rarely cultivated. 



The fragrant wiiite moccasin flower (C. montanum) 

 is the only perfumed Cypripedium of the Pacific region, 

 and it is closely related to the fragrant yellow moccasin 

 flower (C. parviflorum) of the East. The leafy stem 

 produces a terminal cluster of two or three pure white, 

 shoe-shaped flowers, a trifle larger than those of C. can- 

 didum. The interior of tlie slippers are adorned with 

 purple spots, and the sepals and side petals are of a 

 brown-pink color. The species has a range from British 

 Columbia, southward to Washington, Oregon, Montana, 

 Tdalio and California. It is easily cultivated. 



Tlic variegated moccasin flower (C. guttatum) ranges 

 nearer the North Pole than any other Cypripedium in the 



world. It has been cullected in Lapland, Sweden, Siberia 

 and Russia, from which region it may have migrated to 

 Alaska. The plant is smaller than the yellow Lady Slip- 

 per (C. calceolus) of northern Europe. The scape rises 

 from the eartii between two basal leaves and produces a 

 terminal shoe-shaped flower. The labellum is variegated 

 with pale yellow, dark pink, purple, green, and gold, and 

 the alert sejjals and side petals are of a dark green. The 

 species ranges from the spruce forests of .Alaska in lati- 

 tude 68 degs. north, southward to Montana. Mr. John 

 Burroughs, a member of the Harriman expedition, col- 

 lected the plant on Kadiak Island in .Alaska. 



The green moccasin flbwer (C. fasciculatum) is one of 

 the pigmy Cypripediums. It is closely related to the 

 dwarf yellow moccasin flower (C. pusillum ) of Florida, 

 with which it has been confused. The scape of the 

 Rocky Mountain species rises six inches in height be- 

 tween two basal leaves, two to four inches in length. 

 The scape produces a terminal raceme of two or three 

 small, shoe-slinpcd, greenisli flower^. Tlic alert sepals 



Courtesy of The American Botanist. 



THE LARGE YELLOW MOCC.\SIN FLOWER. 



and side petals are of a yellowish hue. The species re- 

 sembles the variegated moccasin flower of .Alaska, and has 

 a range from Oregon, Idaho and Nevada to California. 

 It is rarely cultivated. 



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Is maintained for the purpose of providinK opportunities for efficient 

 and ambitious men engaged in the profession of pardcning. 

 This department of the Association is at the disposal of those who 

 may require the services of capable superintendents, gardeners or 

 assistant gardeners. Address 



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