supply of water to their roots, and they also enjoy a plentiful amount of moisture 
in the atmosphere, but, of course, the quantity will have to be reduced in the 
winter months: in fact, C. Sedenii candidulum thrives well side by side with the 
original ©. Sedenii, from which it differs only in the colour of its flowers. 
This Cypripedium may be said to be a perpetual bloomer, for if the old spikes 
are allowed to remain upon the plant they will continue to produce flowers for 
many months; on this account it will be found very valuable where cut flowers are 
required, especially where coat flowers are in demand, a single flower with a frond 
of Maidenhair fern making a very pretty combination. 
CyprirpeDIuM Burront.—A very handsome and richly coloured hybrid raised by 
F. M. Burton, Esq., of Highfield, Gainsborough, to whom we dedicate it, although 
he has not kept the parentage in black and white, and consequently the records 
of its origin are gone; however, the plant remains. Mr. Burton himself suggests 
that its parents were probably C. Lowi and C. Hookerae, but it is a great pity 
that we have to go upon guess-work for the parents of such a fine hybrid. The 
_ foliage we know nothing about. The flower is in shape and build like C. 
macropterum, raised by Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, but in this case the 
colour is brighter and better than. many others of the _ long-petalled varieties. 
The dorsal sepal is of good size, some two inches high by about one and a 
half wide, ovate, white, profusely veined with bright green; the lower sepal is of 
the same colour but much smaller. The petals are deflexed, more than three 
inches long and upwards of an inch wide, the apical half of a very deep red, 
the basal half green much spotted with black. The lip is close and compact, 
with a small opening, pale reddish on the upper side, pale greenish beneath veined 
with darker green, and deep crimson on the inner side.—W. H. G. 
