CYPRIPEDIUM 



OBGHID OBDEB 



NAECISSUS 893 



and N. America, with twin, broadly ovate, 

 downy leaves. Flowers in summer, rather 

 small, solitary, of a beautiful snowy white 

 heavily blotched or marbled with rosy 

 purple. 



Culture dtc. as above. This should 

 be grown in peaty soil mixed with leaf 

 mould and sand, in partially shaded 

 positions where it will have plenty of 

 moisture during the growing period, but 

 comparative dryness in winter. 



C. japonicum. — A rare and distinct 

 Japanese species 6-12 in. high with large 

 twin heart-shaped hght green leaves with 

 crinkled edges. Flowers in summer, 

 solitary ; sepals greenish, spotted with 

 red ; petals and lip white, washed and 

 dotted with crimson. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 flourishes in peat, loam and leaf soil, and 

 likes shade and moisture in summer, but 

 dryness in winter, and even a little pro- 

 tection with leaves &c. in bleak localities. 



C. macranthum. — A handsome Siberian 

 species 9-12 in. high, with bright green 

 leaves and large deep rich purple flowers 

 produced singly on the stems in early 

 summer, and remarkable for the much- 

 inflated pouch or lip. 



Culture do. as above. This species 

 flourishes in rich heavy loam with a Uttle 

 peat and leaf soil. 



C. montanum. — A pretty little Orchid 

 about a foot high, native of Oregon, with 

 lance-shaped downy leaves, and flowers 

 with brownish-purple sepals and petals 

 and a white lip, the interior of which is 



striped with red, the yellow column being 

 spotted with crimson. 

 Culture Sc. as above. 



C. parviflorum. — A North American 

 species closely related to C. pubescens. It 

 has leafy stems 1^-2 ft. high, and rather 

 small sweet-scented flowers. The sepals 

 and spirally twisted petals are of a deep 

 shining purple-brown, and the lip bright 

 yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. Flourishes in 

 peat, loam, and leaf BoU in sheltered moist 

 and shady spots. 



C. pubescens. — A beautiful N. Ameri- 

 can species 1^-2 ft. high, with lance- 

 shaped ovate ribbed downy leaves and 

 large flowers, 1-3 on each stem, in early 

 summer ; sepals and the narrow spirally 

 twisted petals yellowish-brown with deep 

 coloured veins ; lip pale yellow, somewhat 

 flattened at the sides. 



Culture dc. as above. Grows well in 

 weU-drained peaty loam. 



C. spectabile (Moccasm, Flower). — A 

 showy species l^-S ft. high, native of the 

 W. United States, with downy ribbed 

 ovate pointed hght green leaves. Flowers 

 in suramer, large, white, slightly tinged 

 with rose, the inflated and furrowed hp 

 being of a bright rosy-carmine. The 

 variety album has pure white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 flourishes in boggy peaty soil, and forms 

 a handsome picture in the rockery or in 

 moist borders facing north or east. In- 

 creased by division in autumn when well- 

 established. 



CXXII. AMARYLLIDEiE— Daffodil and Snowdrop Order 



A genus of bulbous plants, often with beautiful large sweet-scented flowers, 

 borne singly or in clusters at the end of a scape. Leaves linear or strap- 

 shaped. Elowers hermaphrodite regular, or slightly irregular. Perianth 

 superior, consisting of 6 segments or lobes in 2 distinct whorls, the outer ones 

 being sometimes larger or smaller than the inner. Stamens usually 6, inserted 

 on the tube, throat, or base of the segments ; filaments slender, free, or 

 membranous and dilated at the base, and often more or less united to form 

 a cup. Fruit inferior, capsular or fleshy, 3-celled. 



NARCISSUS (Daffodil).— A genus 

 of beautiful bulbous plants with narrow 

 linear or strap-like radical leaves. Flowers 

 usually white or yellow, solitary or in 

 umbels, drooping or more or less nodding, 

 issuing from a membranous spathe. 



Perianth tubular- or funnel-shaped below, 

 with 6 spreading segments, and a circular 

 cup-shaped or tubular appendage at the 

 mouth of the tube called a crown, corona, 

 or trmnpet. Stamens free or adnate to 

 the perianth-tube. 



