The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



fact, the resting of Cypripediums is not distinct, but 

 only comparative. The Belgian system may be 

 used, of course. 



All flower from the middle of the current year's 

 growth when nearly completed. 



Boxalli (Mr. Boxall, a collector). Large, greenish ; 

 dorsal sepal that which stands upright above the 

 slipper broadly margined with white, and spotted 

 with darkish purple ; petals and slippers stained 

 with purple. January and February. Burmah. 

 1877. 5s. 



Caricinum (sedge-like). A charming flower if of 

 a good variety ; otherwise not to be recommended. 

 Small sepals and petals, pale green with white 

 margin, tipped rose ; slipper grass green, with a 

 row of black dots round the inside. Bolivia. 

 1863. 10s. Qd. 



Insigne (notable). A species so familiar that I 

 once remarked it among the exhibits of " window 

 gardening " by the poorest inhabitants of West- 

 minster ; but this was the old-fashioned variety, 

 superseded now, in which the whole flower was 

 greenish. Not less than two score forms of Cypri- 

 pedium insigne have been distinguished by name. 

 The modern type from which they diverge more or 

 less has a broad dorsal sepal, greenish below, 

 speckled with brown, fading to a broad white margin 



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