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and of the remainder no two are alike in the size and arrangement of the 
spots. The ground colour also shows a certain amount of variation. A 
fine photograph of the house above mentioned has since been sent by 
Mr. Measures. 
Several distinct forms also come from the collection of H. Gurney Aggs, 
Esq., Pippbrook, Dorking. One is a large flower with the disc of the 
dorsal sepal regularly covered with numerous small dark spots a sixteenth- 
of-an-inch in diameter. The white extends scarcely a fourth of the distance 
from the apex, and the spots at the base are somewhat confluent. This 
might be called variety punctatissimum. A second is very near the variety 
radiatum, the markings being arranged in lines, which extend a little 
beyond the middle, and towards the base are also connected by transverse 
lines. A third has numerous rather large blotches very regularly arranged, 
which extend to within half-an-inch of the apex. A fourth variety is 
distinguished by the pale colour of the spots, which are hardly as numerous 
as usual and ofa light dusky brown. Four others are good, but less distinct 
spotted forms. 
A fine variety called C. i. atratum, very nearly allied to the variety Bohn- 
hofianum, has been sent from the collection of W. M. Appleton, Esq., of 
Weston-super-Mare. It has a large basal area wholly suffused with bright 
brown, which, along the centre, almost reaches the white apex. In the 
last-named variety the green zone surrounding the brown is broader than 
in the present one, and of uniform width. A very pretty form closely 
approaching var. Chantini, but more closely spotted, also comes from the 
same collection. 
A very fine light yellow form from the collection of W. Thompson, 
Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, has been sent by Mr. Stevens. It is almost 
identical with C. i. Chantini in shape, with the dorsal sepal 2} inches 
broad, but the colour is totally different, as the spots are almost, though not 
quite, obliterated. Several yellow forms are now known, and this is not 
quite like anything we remember to have seen. 
Mr. A. Dimmock, traveller for Messrs. Sander, writes that the finest 
collection of Cypripedium insigne in America is that at Rochester, New 
York, brought together by the late Mr. W. S. Kimball, which includes 
some truly remarkable forms. A florist in New York grows this species 
very largely for cut flowers, and has probably the largest collection in the 
world, and this season will be able to cut ten thousand flowers. It is an 
excellent plant for this purpose, as the flowers are very durable, lasting 
almost as long in an ordinary room as when left on the plant. All points 
considered, it is the best of autumn-flowering species, and the recent impor- 
tations have given a great impetus to its culture. 
