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the larger yellow ladies'-slippers {Cyprypediiwi pubcscens). They stand clus- 

 tered and scattered, nodding their unique blossoms most invitingly. In 

 our eagerness to reach them, we opportunely stumble upon beds of multi- 

 tudinous liliputians of the same family. Half hid in the grass, they seem 

 at first, to our half-bewildered sight, like little bird's-eggs, some brightest 

 yellow; others purest white; others, again, white with purple specks. We 

 have found the Cypripedium parviflontm and C ra;/^//^/^;;;, commonly called 

 moccason-flowers. They make attractive spots in the garden (having 

 right soil and exposure) ; as does the showy ladies'-slipper (C spectabiie), 

 most beautiful of all, which blooms late in June. Burgess Truesddl. 



Elgin, III. 



(To be continued.) 



Dracaena terminalis Culture. — This plant does well in a compost 

 of turfy loam and fibry sandy peat in equal parts, with one-third leaf-mould, 

 and a free admixture of silver sand, which may amount to one-sixth of the 

 whole. Drain the pot well, and pot rather low, shaking the old soil away. 

 It will root from the stem inserted in the soil. Do not sift the soil, but 

 chop it with a spade, and make it fine. Pot firmly, but not tightly. After 

 potting, keep rather close and moist in a house having a temperature of 

 from 60° to 65° by night; and, when the roots are working in the fresh soil, 

 give a light and airy situation in a warm house, in which a moist atmos- 

 phere is maintained by sprinkling of the walls, paths, and all available 

 surfaces, twice daily. Avoid syringing the foliage, also cold currents of 

 air, which will tend to cause the leaves to become brown at the points. 

 Give water copiously whilst growing, but none until the soil requires it. 

 In summer, the plant will do in a moist light stove ; and, in winter, it will 

 sustain no injury in a temperature of from 45° to 50°, if the soil be kept 

 rather dry. It requires a brisk heat in spring, and encouragement in the 

 shape of moisture. It does well in a vinery in summer. 



