bith SHANI OTHER HARDY ORCHIDS. 52% 
C. candidum.—This is almost as small-flowered as C. 
arietinum. Its stem is about rft. high, and bears several 
erect, lanceolate, pubescent leaves, gin. long. Fiowers 
solitary, 14in. across; sepals and petals tin. long, green 
and brown; pouch about the size of a robin’s egg, laterally 
compressed, pure white, with a few spots of purple about 
the mouth. It blossoms in June, requiring boggy peat and 
plenty of moisture. It is not a showy species. A native 
of North America, whence it was introduced in 1826. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5855. 
C. guttatum.—An interesting, pretty-flowered species, 
not often met with in gardens. It is about gin. high, the 
short stem bearing two leaves, which are ovate, pointed, 
decumbent, and downy. Scapes 6in. long, hairy; dorsal 
sepal broadly ovate, Zin. long; petals the same length, 
but much narrower and decurved; pouch as large as a 
pigeon’s egg, with a large aperture; colour of the whole 
flower white, with large blotches of rich crimson. The 
blossoms are developed in summer. Collectors describe 
the conditions under which this species grows when wild 
as being “‘half-shaded positions in woods, in soil composed 
of half-rotten leaves, usually under birch-trees. Here it 
grows freely like lily-of-the-valley, its rhizomes being only © 
just buried.” It should be grown in leaf-mould, in a moist, 
shaded position on the rockery. A native of Canada and 
the northern parts of Europe and Asia. 
Paxton’s Flower Garden, i., t. 183. 
C. Irapeanum.—This rare and beautiful species may be 
called a gigantic C. pubescens. The stems are leafy, 
slender, 14ft. high. The leaves are ovate, pointed, stem- 
clasping at the base, and pale green. The flowers are 
5in. across; the sepals are ovate, 2in. long, a little smaller 
