Cypripedia. 



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my garden last June upon my plants, which came from Canada. As to 

 stations for collecting it, I can only remark, it is a first-rate thing to himt 

 after. It is the most uncertain, irregular, vagrant plant in all our flora. 

 It seems enchanted, and to have the gift of disappearing at will when 

 wanted. 



CYPRIPEDIUM AKIETINUM. 



In some stations, amid cold swamps, it is reported to be both plenty 

 and permanent. I have heard it is somewhat abundant in Bergen Swamp, 

 Genesee County, N.Y. Referring to its transitory character, is not one 

 reason for its disappearance from accustomed habitats, that sphagnum is 

 always growing, and in course of time overtops all the little hillocks in the 



