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()\( IDIUM FLEXUOST'M. From lilJizil. 



This is ji sinidl-floworod spocics, Ijut gciK'nilly arliiiirorl on 

 jiccoimt of its fi('(!doni of j^rowth and its li^ht and graceful niany- 

 fiowercd spikes, the colour of tlie flowers beinf*- yellow and brown. 

 It has a somewhat rambling habit of growth, and does best when 

 grown in a pot in the usual compost of sphagnum and peat, and 

 placed in the shady side of the house, the plant always thriving 

 well in a moist atmosphere, as the roots feed on the air. When it 

 is found necessary to repot it, the leading growth should be kept 

 well down into the compost, so that a fresh stait in growth is 

 made from the latter. This species requires a good supply of 

 water at the root and should not be allowed to get too diy even in 

 the winter, and it flowers during the summer months. 



Good plants should be purchased for about o - per strong 

 leading growth. 



CYniirEDiUM B-UlBATUM. From Mount Ophir. 



This is another species with pretty marked foliage, and pro- 

 duces its flowers during the summer months, the dorsal sepal being 

 white, green, and of a dark purplish colour, and the pouch tawny 

 brown, while in some of its varieties the colour is much darker than 

 in others. The pouch of the true C. barbatum nigi'um is almost 

 black. 



Established plants, 3 6 to o/- per two leading giowths. 



Cypripedium Stoxei. From Borneo. 



This very pretty species should be in eveiy collection. The 

 dorsal sepal is china white, pencilled with red and purple, and 

 shaded with ochreous yellow ; petals long and narrow, same colour 

 as the sepals ; and the lip or pouch dull pui-ple, with reddish veins. 

 There is a variety, C. Stonei platytenium, which is very handsome, 

 unique in its beauty, and is also expensive, and is likely to remain 

 so, as C. Stonei doe^ not increase so rapidly as most of the other 

 Cypripediums. It should have the same treatment as C. Law- 

 renceanum. 



Established plants, 7 (i per strong leading giowth. 



