120 ORCHIDS : ttow To alioW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



another appears from the same stem, and is of a pale rose shade of 

 colour. Being a very free grower it soon makes a large plant, which 

 produces a good number of flowers during the autumn and winter 

 months, and should have a shady position with the general treatment 

 recommended for Cypripediums. 



Plants of this variety should be purchased at from os. to 7s. 6d. 

 per strong flowering leading growth. 



SELENIPEDIUM (CYPRIPEDIUM) ROEZLII. From Colombia. 



This is another very interesting species with the same characteristics 

 as C. Seden, continuing to produce its flowers from the same stem for 

 along time, requiring similar treatment, compost, potting, &c., but is 

 of a stronger habit of growth ; it commences blooming in April. 



Strong established plants, and such are recommended, can be 

 purchased at from 5s. to 7s. 6d. per strong lead. 



SELENIPEDIUM (CYPRIPEDIUM) DOMIXIANUM. Garden Hybrid. 



This is another very interesting garden hybrid, and more pleasing 

 and quaint in its character than the two preceding varieties. It is the 

 result of a cross between C. caricinurn and C. caudatum, and is 

 intermediate between the two, the long petals coming from the last 

 named species, which has long tail-like petals, from 20 to 30 inches in 

 length, and flowers during the spring months. It requires the same 

 treatment, in every particular, as the preceding sorts. 



Good plants should be purchased for about 7s. 6d. per strong 

 flowering- sized leading growth, which, under proper management, 

 soon grows into a large plant. 



CYPRIPEDIUM BELLATULUM. From Cochin China. 

 In this species, as well as in its allied species, C. niveum and 

 C. Godfroyse, both of which are most chaste and pretty, an entirely 

 different method of cultivation will have to be adopted, as they do not 

 lend themselves quite so readily to the treatment generally given to 

 Cypripediums. They are, however, of easy culture, if a more decided 

 mode of cultivation is followed. The potting material should consist 

 of a mixture of rich fibrous loam broken into small lumps, adding small 

 lumps of chalk, varying from the size of a pea to that of a walnut, and 

 these two materials, in equal proportions, should be mixed together. 

 The pot should be well drained to one third of its depth, and the plants 

 fixed rather firmly in the compost, bringing the latter almost level with 

 the rim of the pot. The plant should then be placed in a position near 

 the glass on a shelf would be a most suitable place where it can have 

 plenty of light, at the coolest end of the house, taking care that it is 

 not overwatered, for sometimes where every care is exercised, a leaf 

 occasionally damps off at the axils. Special attention must therefore 

 be given to the watering or much serious damage will result from the 



