CYPRIPEDIUM ARTHURIANUM. 
[PLatE 389.] 
Garden Hybrid. 
CypRIPeDIUM ArtHuRIANUM, Reichenbach f., Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.s. ii., 1874, 
p- 676; Orchidophile, 1887, p. 209, with plate; Veitch’s Manual of Orchidaceous 
Plants, iv., pp. 77 and 78, with fig.; Williams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 6 ed., p. 2388. 
We have already figured numerous species, varieties, and hybrid Cypripediums 
in the previous volumes of the Atsum, but the one here depicted is thoroughly 
distinct from any that have already appeared, and this is a point which must be 
taken into consideration by hybridisers—there should be no. countenance given to 
any hybrid unless it carries with it some point of distinction, and it is our aim 
to portray in the pages of the ALsum the most beautiful and interesting forms of 
this deservedly popular genus of plants, which cannot fail to give satisfaction to all 
lovers of the Orchid family. The subject of our illustration is the result of a cross 
between C. insigne and C. Fairrieanum. It was raised by Messrs. J. Veitch & 
Sons, of Chelsea, and was dedicated in 1874 to the late Mr. Arthur Veitch by 
Professor Reichenbach; it is at the present time one of the most distinct 
amongst the numerous forms of this genus which are now to be found in our 
collections. This is still a rare plant, and these hybrids take time to increase 
sufficiently to insure an example for all our Orchid growers; they differ from the 
species which are found in their native countries by our collectors when they ruth- 
lessly clear out every plant they can find, entirely clearing the species from the 
locality ; such must have been the case with C Fairrieanum ee eS 
it has never again been found to this day. C. superbiens is another kind 
which has only been imported once, which is remarkable, and we can but = 
regret this, as it is the very best of the barbatum section. Our artist's por 
