314 YELLOW TO ORANGE 



There is little need to describe this Cypripcdium, for its 

 showy inflated sac, flanked by long spiral petals and purplish- 

 green sepals, distinguishes it at once, even to the unpractised 

 eye. The leaves of the Large Yellow Lady's Slipper grow 

 alternately on the slender hairy stems, and are large, long- 

 shaped, pointed, many-nerved, and plaited. The name Cypri- 

 pedimn is derived from the Greek, and means Venus 's sock 

 or buskin. 



C. parviflonnn, or Small Yellow Lady's Slipper, much 

 resembles the preceding species, but may be easily distin- 

 guished by means of its smaller flowers, the inflated sacs of 

 which are of a much deeper, richer shade of yellow^, and are 

 often marked with reddish-purple spots and lines, and also by 

 its wider oval-shaped leaves and thicker stems. 



In July, that exquisite month which lies within the very 

 heart of summer, should )'0u wander amid the mountains when 

 dawn trumpets forth the glittering rise of day, then pause 

 beside some sluggish alpine stream, which lonely lies coiled 

 in sleepy curves, for there, far removed from the haunts of 

 men, you may be fortunate enough to find the fragrant little 

 Cypripedium parvijioriim . 



Unlike the Large species, this Small Yellow Lady's Slipper 

 always seeks the seclusion of the hazy hollows and the moist 

 misty woods. Rightly have these lovely sweet-scented flowers 

 been proclaimed 



" Golden slippers meet for fairies' feet." 



PHILADELPHIA LILY 



Liliiivi Philadeiphicum. Lily Family 



Bulb composed of narrow, jointed, fleshy scales. Stems : tall, leafy. 

 Leaves : lanceolate, acute at both ends, all verticillate, the margins 

 finely roughened. Flowers : erect ; perianth reddish-orange, of six spread- 

 ing segments, each one gradually narrowed into a claw, purple-spotted 

 below. 



