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CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
these circumstances it differs from Aspasia, to which the genus is 
nearly akin. The plant has very thin flat pseudo-bulbs, and 
leaves marked beneath with small purple spots. It was found in 
the woods of Popayan by Mr. Hartweg.— Bot. Reg. 57-46. 
Cypripedium Irapeanum. A beautiful species with large yellow 
flowers, which in native specimens are upwards of six inches 
across. It looks like a gigantic form of the downy yellow Lady’s 
Slipper ( C. pubescens) of the United States. In soil and potting 
Cypripedium Irapeanum requires the same treatment as our com¬ 
mon English and American species, but it is more tender than 
they are, and must be kept in a warm greenhouse. During the 
summer months, when it makes its growth and flowers, it requires 
a liberal supply of water. When the growth is completed, and 
the steihs have died down, the plant must have its season of rest, 
and at this period it should be kept rather dry. In the summer 
months it should always be shaded from bright sunshine. It is 
found in a wild state near the town of Irapea, in Mexico.— Bot. 
Reg. 58-46. 
CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER. 
At this period of the year, when the most of the beds in the 
flower garden are empty, or nearly so, it becomes necessary to 
consider what can be done for their improvement in the way of 
drainage, renewal of the soil, or otherwise. If a new garden is 
in course of formation, then it is desirable that due care should 
be taken for the thorough drainage of the beds ; or if a garden 
already made be defective in that point, now is a good time to 
remedy the inconvenience. In either case the following observa¬ 
tions may be found of some use. 
It should be constantly borne in mind that the greater number 
of the plants required to fill the beds in a modern flower garden 
are such as were, comparatively few years ago, considered as 
only in their appropriate places in a stove or greenhouse. And 
this view of the subject should not be lost sight of at the present 
day. In exposing such plants to the open air in sheltered and 
favorable spots, as soon as the external temperature is sufficiently 
high to admit of its being done with success, it is necessary to 
