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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



sepal white, with greenish-yellow base and pur- 

 ple spot, Siam, 1892 (i). (Fig. 48.) 



C. Fairrieanum. — A rare Cypripedium, very distinct 

 and beautiful ; the dorsal sepal is white, marked 

 with yellow and purple ; the petals drooping, simi- 

 lar in colour ; the lip purple. Bather a weak 

 grower. Assam, 1857 (-/). 



G. GtOdefroy^e. — Allied to C. niveum and C. concolor. 

 Flowers white, heavily spotted with chocolate- 

 purple ; attractive. Asiatic Islands, 1883 (h). 



C. Grande. — A magnificent hybrid from C. caudatum 

 and C. longifolium. Very strong grower, with 



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flowers of great beaut y like C. caudatum ; 



colours white, yellow, and crimson (i). 

 C. Harrisianum. — An old and valuable hybrid, very 



variable in colour, and with a large number of 



named varieties. It was raised from C. villo- 



suni and C. barbatum. 

 C. Haynaldianum. — A showy, large-flowering kind, 



with spikes 2 feet high ; flowers green, rose, and 



brown. Philippines, 1873 (i). 

 C. hirsutissimum. — An excellent, easily grown, 



free-flowering plant ; flowers reddish-purple and 



yellow. Assam, 1857 (?"). 



C. Hooker/e. — Very lovely foliage, and fine '. 



yellow and purple flowers. Borneo, 1862 (ft). 

 C. insigne. — Possibly the best-known species in exis- 

 tence, and a remarkably useful garden plant ; 

 flowers variable, the vars. Chantini and Maulei 

 being the best of the older ones, while the lovely 

 yellow forms, such as C. insigne Sandera? (Fig. 17, 

 page 41), are amongst the rarest and best in exis- 

 tence. India, 1820 (/). 

 C. I'Ansoni. — Hybrid from Bothschildianum and 

 Morganife. The colour is cream, green, brown, 

 and crimson (A). (Fig. 49, next page.) 



C. Latiiamianum. — A hybrid, between C. 

 viUosum and C. Spicerianum, with 

 flowers almost exactly intermediate. 

 One of the best (i). 

 C. Lawrenceantjm. — Very handsome, 

 large- flowering species. Scapes often 

 twin - flowered ; flowers variable in 

 colour. Borneo, 1878 (A). 

 C. Leeanum. — One of the best-known and 

 most beautiful hybrids raised from C. 

 insigne and C. Spicerianum. The 

 flowers favour the latter most and are 

 rather variable (i). 

 C. longifolium. — A useful and beautiful 

 old species. Foliage green ; flower 

 spikes tall ; the colours pale yellow, 

 green and rose. Central America, 

 1870 (/). 



C. Lowi. — A curious and showy kind of 

 large growth ; flowers green, yellow 

 and purple. Sarawak, 1846 (A). 

 C. Mastersianum. — An old species recently 

 reintroduced, but not good enough to 

 obtain great popularity . Flowers green , 

 white and red. Malay Archipelago 

 (A). 



C. Morganite. — A very beautiful hybrid 

 from C. Stonei and C. superbiens. The 

 plant is a strong grower ; the flowers 

 white on the upper sepal ; the petals beautifully 

 spotted; lip mauve (i). 

 C. niveum. — A lovely species with small snowy white 

 blossoms, slightly spotted with crimson at the base 

 of the petals. Malay Archipelago, 1868 (A). 

 C. cenanthum.— A beaiitiful hybrid from C. Har- 

 risianum and C. insigne Maidei (i). 

 C. philippinense. — A handsome species, with white, 



green and yellow flowers. Philippines, 1863 (A). 

 C. prjESTANS. — Strong-growing species, somewhat like 

 C. Stonei ; flowers white, yeUow and purple. 

 New Guinea, 1886 (A). 



