No. 697. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SPECTABILE. 
Class. Order. 
GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA. 
This superb plant has been long known 
in England, having been cultivated by Mil- 
ler; from the difficulty which attends its 
management, it nevertheless remains still 
scarce. 
It is a native of North America, growing 
in low meadows and bogs from Canada to 
Carolina, The stems are above a foot in 
height, and the flowers usually two, some- 
times three in number, of inimitable beauty: 
they appear in the month of June with us. 
We have found it sueceed best in rather 
large pots, in a soil composed of peat, loam, 
and decayed saw-dust. It is not subject to 
injury from cold, therefore needs no protec. 
tion in the winter: it may, though rarely, 
be increased by separating the roots, for 
