Directions for Specific Culture. 4! 
Cyclamen repandum (S. Europe). 
Treat like Cyclamen Coum, adding a little 
dusted limestone to the compost used. 
Cypripedium Calceolus (Europe, England). 
This is purely a limestone plant. It will 
grow in any aspect. The best time for planting 
is the beginning of March. To plant, prepare a 
hole on the flat 1ft. deep and place 2in. of 
drainage in the bottom of it; next, mix well 
together a compost of one part of broken lime- 
stone in from din. to lin. cubes and two parts of 
strong clayey loam ; then, before planting, set a 
thin flag or slate vertically across the middle of 
the hole, sinking it so that its upper edge is Iin. 
below the level of the ground around the hole; 
now place a little compost against both sides of 
this set-on-edge slab, so that the crowns them- 
selves may not actually touch the bare slate as 
they are taken and pressed firmly sideways 
against the compost near its top, being held there 
until more compost is pressed against them in 
turn, to keep them in position until all the rest 
of the hole is filled, when all should be made 
perfectly firm and the whole surface top-dressed with 
fine broken limestone. In autumn a top-dressing of 
fine broken limestone should again be given. 
Cypripedium macranthum (Siberia). 
Treat like Cypripedium Calceolus. 
Cypripedium montanum (Oregon). 
Plant the crown upright about 14in. below 
the surface, in a moderately dry position on the 
