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yellowish green and purple, spotted with brown ; flowers in 

 April -and May, and lasts from eight to ten weeks. Some fine 

 plants of Cypripedium Lowii may be seen in the collection of 

 John Eussell, Esq., Mayfield, near Falkirk, N.B. The plants 

 there are grown by Mr. Sorley, and are in the finest health and 

 vigour. 



G. ScJilimmii. A very pretty and distinct little species 

 from the inexhaustible resources of New Granada, where it 

 flourishes at an altitude of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet ; the leaves 

 are of a bright green colour, from twelve to sixteen inches 

 long ; flowers borne on erect scapes to the number of from six 

 bo eight, only two to three expanded at the same time ; sepals 

 greenish white, petals white, often spotted with rose ; lip 

 rounded, swollen, white, with a fine rosy purple blotch in 

 front. A fine plant of this species may be found in the collec- 

 tion of E. Wrigley, Esq., Bury, Lancashire. I measured the 

 leaves on this plant, and found them sixteen inches long, and 

 over two inches broad, the plant being in the best possible 

 health. 



G. venustum. Another old variegated species, introduced 

 from Nepaul in 1816 : sepals white, with green lines, petals 

 green and purple ; lips bronzy, veined with green. This is 

 one of the hardiest of its class, except C. insigne, and lasts a 

 long time in flower ; blooms during the winter months . 



a. G. pardinum. A vigorous variety having larger flowers 

 than venustum, and often two and three together on one 

 scape; the leaves are broader and the blotches not so well 

 defined. 



*C. villosum. A fine species from Moulmein or the Tonghoo 

 Mountains ; leaves green, spotted With purple towards the 

 base behind ; flowers from four to five inches across, of a bright 

 brown colour, shining as if varnished. It is a remarkably free 

 flowerer, blooming in the spring and lasting for five or six 



