34 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (FEBRUARY, 1909. 
and with a few of the numerous good and distinct varieties of C. insigne and 
other winter-blooming species, it is possible to have a good supply of 
flowers throughout the whole of late autumn and winter, when they are — 
most useful.—AMATEUR. 
Under the title ‘A Selection of Cypripediums” appears the following in 
the last issue of the Fournal of Horticulture (p. 78) :— 
‘“‘Inyour contemporary, the Orchid Review, a list of the supposed best 
twenty Cypripediums has been given, and being a reader and contributor to | 
the Fournal of Horticulture, 1 thought a similar list would be interesting, — 
and herein append twenty names which, in my estimation, represent the — 
Cypripediums of the front rank to-day. 
C. X Acteus langleyense. x Maudie magnificum. 
CG. 
C. xX son giganteum. C. X Minos Youngil. 
C. X Alcibiades magnificum. C. X nitens-Leeanum Hannibal. 
C. X Bianca superbum. C. X Priam. 
C. X Dreadnought. C. X Thalia giganteum. 
C. X elatior. C. x Thalia Mrs. Francis 
C: < F. K. Sander. Wellesley. 
C. X Germaine Opoix, Westfield C. x The Baron. 
4. Dee C. X Troilus Cravenianum. 
C. X. Helen II., Westonbirt var. C. X Troilus eboraicum. 
C. X Leeanum J.Gurney Fowler. C. X Sultan. 
“The above list is undoubtedly interesting from a connoisseur’s point of 
view, but for general purposes it is not of much value, because many are — 
extremely rare and command high prices. Among those offered by public — 
auction are C. Thalia Mrs. F. Wellesley, which realised £300; C. Germaine 
Opoix, Westfield var. £294; A®son giganteum, £231; and C. The Baron, 
£126. 
the decorative standpoint, I add twenty which may be purchased in 
quantity :— 
C. X Actzeus. 
C. X Arthurianum pulchellum. 
C. X aureum virginale. 
x Leeanum Clinkaberryanum. 
x Madame Jules Hye. 
xX Maudie. 
C. X Baron Schréder. x Mons. de Curte. 
C. X Harrisianum superbum. x Mrs. W. Mostyn. 
C. X Hera Euryades. x Niobe. 
C. X Hitchinsiz. xX nitens. 
C. insigne Sandere. x cenanthum superbum. 
C. insigne Harefield Hall var. x Rolfei. 
C. X Lathamianum. 
pS? 0) OF OO OF Cd £9 C2 ©) 
. X Tityus superbum. 
‘‘ For the benefit of amateurs and others who grow Cypripediums from 
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