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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



found growing naturally on limestone rocks, and cultivators have found great benefit to 

 accrue from mixing with the compost rough lumps of limestone, or using this material 

 in lieu of crocks. 



All tropical Cypripediums like a shady, moist position, abundance of water at the 

 roots and a temperature as near in 

 accordance with their native haunts 

 as possible. In the following list we 

 have taken no notice of modern 

 methods of classifying into sub- 

 genera of unpronounceable and far- 

 fetched names, the old designation 

 of Linna?us being far simpler and 

 more euphonious. 



Eepresentative Species and 

 Varieties, 



Cypripedium albopurpureum. — A hybrid 

 raised by crossing C. Schlimii and C. Do- 

 minianum ; strong-growing with fine spikes 

 of rosy-red and white flowers. 



C. amandum. — Hybrid from C. insigne and C. 

 venustum, combining in a pleasing way the 

 characters of its parents. 



C. Argus. — Leaves 8 inches long, prettily tes- 

 selated, flowers white, green and purple, 

 with fine dorsal sepal. Philippines, 1873 (h). 



C. Arthurianum. — Cross between C. insigne 

 and C. Fairrieanum, showing well the 

 drooping petals of the latter rare kind ; the 

 colours are very much like C. insigne. 



C. AsHBURTONiiE. — Raised from C. barbatum 

 and C. insigne ; a showy and popular 

 hybrid, very variable in colour. 



C. barbatum. — Well known and popular ; 

 flowers with the white upper sepal lined 

 with green and purple ; the petals similar 

 in colour, hairy ; the lip purple. Malay, 

 1840 (*). 



C. bellatulum. — Leaves very thick, deep green, mar- 

 bled with grey, and purple reverse ; flower 

 white, spotted with purple. Cochin China, 1888 

 (h). (Fig. 46.) 



C. Boissierianum. — Very large flowers, yellow, tinged 

 with white and green. Peru, 1876 (i). 



C. Boxalli. — A variable kind, nearly related to C. 



Fig. 46. Cypeipedium bellatulum. 



villosum ; upper sepal heavily marked with 

 purple of varying shades ; lip and petals brown, 

 tinged with purple. Burmah, 1877 (i). 

 callosum. — Leaves prettily tesselated; flowers 

 white, green, and purple, with black callosities on 

 the sepals. A lovely and rare form of this is 

 C. c. Sander*. Siam, 1887 (i). 



