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Cypripediums 
(Lady's Slipper.) 
Cypripediums are the easiest grown of all orchids. Pot-culture is preferable, the potting material being 
sphagnum moss and fibrous peat, with plenty of drainage. The plants should be elevated above the rim of the 
pot, to remove any chance of stagnant water standing around the base of the plant, and the material should be 
closely packed about the roots. They do not require rest like other orchids, but should be kept watered all the 
year round A temperature of 5S to 65 degrees Fahrenheit suits them well, with plenty of light and ventila- 
tion, and shading only from the burning sun. 
Cypripedinm Boxallii. A desirable free-flower- 
ing species, with large shiny flowers; dorsal 
sepal green, white and purple; petals and lip 
greenish yellow, tinged with purple. A native of 
Burmah. Price^ $2.00 and $3.00 each. 
Cypripedinm Donuniannm. This fine species pro- 
duces from three to five flowers on a scape; the 
sepals are whitish yellow ; petals eight inches 
long, hanging downward, twisted, pale yellow 
marked with rose color and green ; lip large, yel- 
low with brown veins. Price, $2.00 to $5.00 each. 
tlie best for general cultivation. The plant will 
do well in any ordinary greenhouse, or even in a 
sunny window. The flower is four inches across, 
with a shiny surface, in various shades of green 
from pale to bright apple, marked with purple, 
and the dorsal sepal margined with white. The 
flowers often lasting twelve weeks in perfection 
on the plant, and three or four weeks when cut. 
Native of India. Price, $1.00 and $2.00 each. 
Cypripedinm Sedeui. One of the most useful of 
all the many hybrid varieties. The flowers are 
" A BIRDS-EYE" OF 
Cypripedinm Harrisiannm. A hybrid variety, 
being the first artificially hybridized cypripedium 
to blossom. Its parents are O. vUlosum and O. 
barbalum. The dorsal sepal is large, shining, 
dark purple, white at top ; petals and lip brown- 
purple, marked with green. A very easily grown 
and desirable species, often blooming several 
times a year. Price, $2.00 to $5.00 each. 
Cjprlpedium insigne. One of the first of tropical 
orchids introduced to cultivation, and still one of 
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of shades of rose, crimson and white, and are pro- 
duced in succession on a long scape bearing many 
flowers, so that a plant is in blossom for many 
months. Price, $1.00 and $2.00 each. 
Cypripedinm villosnm. A very vigorous and free 
flowering species, the flowers of which have a 
shiny surface as if varnished. The colors are 
pale green, white and brownish yellow, the latter 
predominating. A native of Moulmein. Price, 
$2.00 and $3.00 each. 
