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sponge to wipe off the milky juice, so as to get the collodion to adhere, and that 
they required to be gone over the same number of times as the Vines. The 
Luculia , moreover, seems to be greatly benefited by the application, for it starts 
strongly in the course of seven or eight days, and continues to grow vigorously. 
There may, however, be nothing new or original in the use of flexible collodion 
to stop the bleeding of plants.— James Stewart, Bowness. 
Mr. Berringjon’s Specimen op Cypripedicm niveum. 
LADY'S SLIPPERS.— Chapter Yin. 
HE Cypripedium niveum is a beautiful little species, a native of Siam. 
When first introduced to this country, it was thought to be C. concolor , 
which species it somewhat resembles in foliage, especially when in a dry 
state. The Cypripediums are now largely cultivated in our gardens, and dur- 
