when expanded measure some six inches across; dorsal sepal pale green, veined 
with green of a deeper hue which passes into brownish at the base; petals three 
inches long, spirally twisted, yellowish towards the base, spotted with dark purple, 
becoming wholly pale purple towards the tips; lip dull brown. It blooms during 
the months of June and July, and continues several weeks in full beauty. 
The details of Cypripedium culture have been so often given in the different 
volumes of the Atsum, that it is not requisite to recapitulate in this instance; 
suffice it to say that drainage is of the utmost importance, and upon no account 
allow anything of a dead or decaying nature to remain about the plants, as this 
is very detrimental to their well being. Care must also be taken not to leave any 
of the roots exposed which have previously been covered, as sudden exposure to 
the air we have found to be injurious; those roots, however, which grow naturally 
on the outside do not suffer in any way from the exposure. 
CATTLEYA ELporapo VIRGINALIS, Plate 388.—We should have mentioned that. 
this plate was taken from a fine plant in the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., 
Fringilla, Linnet Lane, Liverpool. 
