from a fine specimen plant grown in the collection of Mrs. Heywood, Norris Green, 
West Derby, Liverpool, ‘and in autumn and winter Mr. Bardney, the energetic 
gardener, cultivates many specimens for furnishing the conservatory, in which the 
grandest display is kept up with thousands of spikes of Pelargoniums, Primulas, 
Camellias, and other kinds of winter-blooming decorative plants, and he finds the 
Cypripediums most useful for this purpose. There are also some other good Orehids 
well grown in these gardens. 
Cypripedium imsigne is an evergreen plant with light green foliage, producing 
its flowers from the centre of its growth, the flower stalks being about ten inches 
high. The dorsal sepal is greenish yellow spotted with dull purple and orange, and 
tipped with white; the petals are of a pale purplish green veined with dull purple 
and tinged with yellow. The plant continues in bloom for six or eight weeks if 
kept in a warm greenhouse or conservatory. 
We grow this Cypripedium in a warm pit during winter, after the flowering is 
over; in spring and summer no heat is required, but it must have plenty of 
ventilation during the day, the pit being closed at night. When the growths are 
strong they will soon show signs of flowering. When the blossoms are nearly ready 
to open we take them into a warmer house in order to expand their flowers to 
perfection, for if kept in a cool place the blooms will be much smaller. When 
they have finished flowering we repot them if they require it, but do not over-pot 
them. They require a liberal supply of water if the pots are full of roots, as 
they root very freely; and a little manure water applied during the growing season 
is a help to them, as the roots are of a fleshy texture. | 
We find good rough fibrous loam over two inches of drainage to suit them, 
if in a large pot; in smaller pots they require less. During the whole year they 
like to be grown near the glass, so that they get all the light possible to mature 
Strong healthy foliage. Although, therefore, this may be considered an easy plant 
to grow, it requires good treatment or it will not flower freely. 
