many instances, produced five flowers, so that when the plant has become 
thoroughly established and shall have many flowers open at one time, we may 
expect..a grand sight. The dorsal sepal is ivory-white suffused with yellow and 
streaked with purplish brown, the inferior sepal being smaller and similarly 
marked ; petals long and pointed, standing at nearly right angles, and similar 
in colour to the dorsal sepal; lip somewhat similar in shape to a Turkish slipper, 
plush-brown, yellowish towards the top, paler beneath, staminode curved and beak- 
like, and furnished with numerous hairs. It flowered in the month of May last year 
(1889), and continued in beauty for several weeks. 
We find this Cypripedium takes a somewhat long time to establish after its 
importation, in which it resembles C. Stonei, C. Rothschildianum and many others 
It enjoys a good share of heat, and the East India house is the best place in 
which to grow it. A liberal amount of water should be given when established, 
but care is required before it is established that no water is allowed to lie in the 
heart of the plant, as this is a great cause of decay. The plant is best 
cultivated in pots, and the side tables are most suited to its requirements, as in 
this position the plants are tolerably near the glass, which is essential for it enjoys 
sun and light, and requires shading only during the hottest part of the day im 
summer. For soil use a mixture of fibrous peat and turfy loam, the greater portion 
of the fine soil, however, being shaken away; to this add some sharp sand and 
medium-sized nodules of charcoal, to induce the plant to form strong and vigorous 
roots, and to produce healthy foliage. The soil should be elevated slightly above 
the pot’s rim, in order to allow the water to pass away more readily, and also 
to allow the roots greater freedom. This species does not appear to propagate 
so readily as many of the kinds, but this may arise from the plants not having 
yet become thoroughly: established, so that on this subject we are not in a 
position to offer an opinion. 
