the year; indeed, we have had various plants flowering for the last six months, 
and each spike keeps in bloom for two months. 
These plants are of easy culture, being very free in making thew growth and 
flowering. They are best cultivated in pots with a good amount of drainage, at 
they require a plentiful supply of water at the roots during their active growth; 
in fact, even when at rest they should be kept rather moist at the roots, as they 
have no fleshy bulbs to support them. They must have thorough drainage, no stagnant 
water being allowed to hang about the roots, which should always have sound fresh 
material packed about them, consisting of good rough fibrous peat and live sphagnum 
moss, and they should also be elevated above the pot so that their roots can have 
room to work about the material; a few broken crocks will be beneficial to them by 
helping to keep the material open. We find the East India house to suit this 
Cypripedium, which flowers after the growth is completed, and when the blooming. 
season is over they begin to put forth their fresh growth. This is a good time 
to pot them if they require it; if not, a little new material about them will be 
beneficial, removing the old soil and giving them fresh without injuring the roots. 
The plants should be kept free from insects. Sometimes the red thrips will attack 
them, also the white scale; these pests must be destroyed at once so that they 
may not injure the foliage. 
Propagation is effected by dividing the plants between the growths so that 
sufficient crown and root are left to support them. They are free in making their 
young growths, and when these growths are completed they can be taken off if 
they have roots attached to them; the part retained will soon put forth a new 
growth. The offshoots should be potted in small pots, —_— shaded from the sun, 
and will then soon establish themselves. 
