242, THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
veined with green and stained with purple, and spotted with blackish 
brown ; the labellum or slipper purplish brown. 
Cypripedium Domini is a beautiful hybrid between CO. caudatum 
and ©. Pearcei, and is intermediate in character between the two. 
The flowers are similar in colour to Caudatum, and the tail-like 
petals usually average eight inches. It is robust in habit, and pro- 
duces its elegant flowers very freely. 
Cypripedium niveum is not, strictly speaking, new, but it is so 
exquisitely beautiful and distinct in character, that it well deserves 
to be mentioned. It is of very dwarf growth, the foliage dark in 
colour, and the flowers, which are waxy in texture, are of the purest 
white, occasionally tinted and spotted with blush and violet. It is 
now so plentiful and cheap that it is within the reach of the humblest 
amateur. 
Cypripedium Sedeni is a fine hybrid between C. longifoliwm and 
C. Schlimmi, and combines the free growth of the former with the 
exquisite colour of the latter, and may be considered a most welcome 
addition to the list of Lady’s Slippers. 
Dendrobium ecrassinode Barberianwm is a beautiful form of this 
handsome dendrobe. The flowers are larger in size than those of 
the specific form ; and the violet-purple spots at the tips of the sepals 
are much larger and more intense in colour. The centre of the 
labellum is a rich yellow. Altogether it is a desirable addition. 
Dendrobium Wardianum may be regarded as one of the most 
valuable of all the dendrobes now in cultivation, for with a free 
growth it combines flowers of large size and exquisitely coloured. It 
is of pendulous habit, and the stems of vigorous, well-established 
specimens attain a length ranging from two to three feet, and bear 
from twenty to forty blooms. The flowers mostly measure three 
feet across, and remain a considerable time in perfection. The sepals 
and petals are white, with rich magenta-rose tips, and the labellum 
is rich orange with white margin, and haying two blackish maroon 
blotches. 
Masdevallia Davisi resembles, in some respects, the beautiful JZ 
Harryana, and the brilliantly coloured M. Veitchiana, but it is per- 
fectly distinct from them, inasmuch as it has narrow leaves, and 
flowers of arich golden yellow. It is a most valuable addition to the 
important genus to which it belongs. 
Masdevallia Harryana must not be considered new, for it has 
now been in commerce several years. The flowers are of rich violet- 
crimson, and freely produced. This fine species is figured at page 
193 of the FLorat Wortp for 1873, to which reference may be made 
for a descriptive list of the best species, and for particulars as for 
their cultivation. 
Masdevailia Lindeni differs from the preceding in having flowers 
rather smaller in size and of a rich magenta colour. They both 
thrive in the cool house. 
Masdevallia Veitchiana has large flowers of the most brilliant 
orange scarlet shaded with purple. It comes from a high elevation, 
and succeeds admirably in a cool house. 
