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CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE watticn var. MONTANUM. 
1. EXCELLENS. 5. LINDENIAE. 
' 2. MOORTEBEEKIENSE. 6. MINIATUM. 
3. LATI-MACULATUM. 7, DUCIDUM. 
4. RUBIDUM. ! 8. ALBO-MARGINATUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 7s 
Cypripedium insigne. Vide supra, p. 53. 
C. insigne var. montanum. Vide Lindenia, IX, p. 63. 
e may state without any exaggeration that Cypripedium insigne is at 
the present time the most popular of Orchids. This favour is well 
deserved and fully justified by its transcendant merits : its form is 
graceful, the flowers are pretty and remain fresh for a long period, even when 
cut; blooming freely in the depth of winter, easy to cultivate and within the 
reach of everyone, as it may be reared even in the drawing-room, where it is 
now frequently to be seen. 
: The importance of C. insigne has been considerably enhanced by the recent 
introduction of numerous forms of high merit akin to the montanum variety, 
figured in one of the preceding volumes of this collection (pl. 414). 
We show, on the double annexed plate, a series of eight of these forms, - — 
chosen amongst the most remarkable, and which have all made their appearance 
amongst the thousands of plants of this kind cultivated in the magnificent 
green-houses of the HorticuLrure INTERNATIONALE and in the vast Establishment 
founded recently at Moortebeek near Brussels, by Messrs. Lucien Linven et C°. 
To complete the list of what has already been obtained from C. insigne 
only in the new Establishment of Messrs. Lucten Linpen et C, and at the 
HorticuLTurE INTERNATIONALE, we must add to the eight varieties mentioned 
above C. insigne Luciani, described and figured in the preceding number of the 
Lindenia, and several of the varieties described in the February number of the 
Fournal des Orchidées, page 150. 
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