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CYPRIPEDIUM x IO GRANDE. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X Io is a very beautiful hybrid, the first one raised in the 
collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., of Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne. Its 
parents are Cypripedium Argus and C. Lawrenceanum, the former being 
the seed bearer, and its resemblance to both parents is sufficiently obvious, 
though in general shape and in the markings of the petals the characters 
of the mother-plant somewhat preponderate. The variety here figured 
is known in gardens under the name of C. x Io grande, though we do not 
know if it was raised in the same collection as the original form, on which 
Fig. 6. CYPRIPEDIUM X IO GRANDE. 
it is considered to be an improvement. Our figure is reproduced from a 
photograph taken by H. Little, Esq., of The Barons, East Twickenham, 
from a plant in his collection, which, as is well known, contains a large 
number of very fine varieties. 
ee a x Io, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1886, i. p. 488 ; Reichenbachia, ser. 1, i. 
,t. 23; Veitch Man. Orch., iv. p. 87; Rev. Hort. Belge, 1888, p. 13, cum ic.; Orchid 
Taba p- 131. 
4 
Mo. Bot. Garden, 
1895. 
