December, 192 
THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
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The most popular variety of C. Minos is that called Youngii. It was 
raised in the collection of the late Mr. Reginald Young, of Sefton Park, 
Liverpool, and first flowered in December, 1899. In Febuary, 1903, it 
received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S., and was then regarded as one 
of the finest Cypripediums. Even to-day it is much in favour, and rarely 
does one enter a Cypripedium house in the autumn without seeing one or 
more plants in flower. When Messrs. McBean flowered it in January, 1908, 
it was seen at its very finest, and a First-class Certificate was awarded when 
they exhibited the plant at the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Just as the Youngii variety differ? in the matter of elegance from the 
remainder, so the Westfield variety stands out distinctly on account of its 
