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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 start 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 

 dry even in the winter, and it flowers during the summer months. 



Good plants should be purchased for about 5s. per strong leading 

 growth. 



CYPKIPEDIUM BAE.BATTJM. From Mount Ophir. 



This is another species with pretty marked foliage, and produces 

 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 nigrum is almost black. 



Established plants 3s. 6d. to os. per two leading growths. 



CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI. From Borneo. 



This very pretty species should be in every 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 purple, with reddish veins. There is a 

 variety, C. Stonei platytaenium, which is very handsome, unique in its 

 beauty, and is also expensive, and is likely to remain so, as C. Stonei 

 does not increase so rapidly as most of the other Cypripediums. It 

 should have the same treatment as C. Lawrenceanum. 



Established plants, 7s. 6d. per strong leading growth. 



There are of course many other beautiful kinds which could be 

 enumerated, indeed, the supply of species together with their separate 

 varieties is almost inexhaustible, but I feel that quite sufficient have 

 been named to answer the purpose for which this book is compiled, i.e., 

 that of placing the new beginner upon a solid foundation from which 

 to work. 



In addition to the many gardening periodicals which treat more or 

 less on Orchids, there are also many books which have been published 

 from time to time, some of which could be taken up with advantage, 

 after this little book has been thoroughly digested, but until the 

 rudiments of Orchid culture are understood, such books may perplex 

 rather than assist. Acting on this principle I have omitted long 

 botanical descriptions of stem, foliage, date of introduction, or their 

 early history, neither have I endeavoured to correctly describe the 

 colours and shape of the flowers, only sufficiently to enable the beginner 

 to form an idea as to whether he possesses the correct species or not, 

 and I have enlarged somewhat fully, but in simple terms, on the 

 cultural treatment required by the various genera of Orchids. 



