ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 265 



C. Py£-maea.—Compa.ct habit and brick-red flowers. Also a 

 charming little shrub for the rock garden. 



Cypripedium (Orchidaceae), Lady's Slipper 



Most interesting and beautiful hardy orchids. 



C. acaule (syn. C. htwiile). — Deep, moist loam, peat, and sand, in 

 half-shady position. Large rose-coloured flowers blotched with 

 purple. Very pretty, but not easy to grow. 



C. Calceolus. — Half-shady position in fibrous loam ; likes limestone. 

 Flowers, reddish-brown sepals and petals ; lip yellow. A very 

 pretty native plant. 



C. macranthon. — Good fibrous loam and limestone. Rich purple 

 flowers about 12 inches high. A very handsome species. 



C. parviflorujn. — Full shade in very moist peat, loam, and sand. 

 Flowers rather small. Sepals and petals brown and purple ; lip 

 yeUow, spotted red. One of the best. 



C. pubescens (syn. C. htrsutu7n).—K?i\\\tr heavy loam and lime- 

 stone, well drained, in half shade. Sepals and petals yellow, 

 streaked brown ; lip yellow ; stems and leaves pubescent. 



C. spectabile. — Half shade in moist, loamy peat and sand. 

 Flowers large, white-pink, tinted with crimson-veined lips. The 

 handsomest and freest blooming of the family. A good mass of 

 these hardy orchids is indeed a gorgeous sight. 



All the Cypripediums need a well-drained position, though at the 

 same time requiring moisture. They like to get their roots into 

 decaying leaves, so choose a well-drained, low-lying spot in half 

 shade. 



Cytisus (Leguminosae), Broom 



A genus of very graceful and extraordinarily floriferous shrubs. 

 Some of tall-growing habit, while others are quite prostrate ; but 

 they are all suitable for the rock garden, and can be used in 

 different parts ; they are typically rock shrubs. They are all of 

 the easiest culture, and mostly indifferent to soil, and many kinds 

 come readily from seed. The brooms are so closely allied to the 

 Genistas that much confusion arises. 



C. albus (White Spanish Broom).— Growing 4 or 5 feet in a few 

 years. White flowers borne in long racemes in the greatest 

 profusion. A grand shrub for bold masses. Cut back after 

 flowering. 



C. a. durus. — A prostrate, weeping variety of more moderate 

 growth. 



C. Ardoini. — Forms a low trailing mass 4 to 6 inches high, / 



