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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[March, 
CYPRIPEDIUM GODEFKOYiE. 
E are indebted to M. Godefroy-Lebeuf, 
of Argenteuil, for the use of the 
accompanying illustration of a new 
Lady’s Slipper introduced by him, 
and of which a full account of the vicissitudes 
which befel the plants is given in L’ OrcJiidophile 
(No. 31, p. 830). The stock after undergoing 
many reverses of fortune, such as the death of 
one collector, and the illness of another, in¬ 
volving the entire loss of the first batch of 
plants, arrived at last in a fair condition, and 
was just capable of yielding one flower from 
which the figure here given was made. The 
plants have now passed into the hands of 
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, and will be 
offered by them. 
Cypripedium GodefroycB belongs to the same 
section of Lady’s Slippers as 0. niveum and 
C. concolor, and is to some extent inter¬ 
mediate between them, differing from them at 
first sight by the upper edge of the petals 
being reflexed. It moreover presents varia¬ 
tions in the leaves as will be presently seen. 
The plant is robust and free blooming, with 
ligulate oblong leaves, variable in size from 
four to eight inches in length, and from about 
one to one and a half inch in breadth, the 
colour in some plants a dark sombre green 
spotted with silvery white, and in others a 
bright green almost spotless, the under surface 
being equally variable, either almost wholly 
blood-red from the close set position of the 
red spots which cover it, or in other cases 
having but few scattered spots. The peduncle 
is robust and rises above the foliage; the 
sepals and petals are white or almost white, 
heavily bespangled with chocolate-coloured 
spots; the lip, which is that of C. concolor, is 
marked inside the pouch with pretty chocolate- 
brown spots, and outside with brighter spots, 
whose number diminishes towards the tip. 
The outer surfaces are equally bespangled 
with chocolate spots of a duller hue, and the 
whole flower is covered with very fine white 
hairs. The staminode, which recalls that of 
C. niveum, is beset with thousands of very 
minute spots. 
This new Cypripedium, like C. niveum and 
C. concolor, is met with growing on calcareous 
rocks, which until 10 a.m. are shaded by the 
mountain on which it gi’ows, but afterwards 
till the evening it is fully exposed to the 
most intense sun, without any shade. The 
night temperature must consequently be very 
different to that of the day-time. For its 
culture, M. Godefroy-Lebeuf advises an iso¬ 
lated temperate greenhouse, frequent waterings, 
and a little chalk in the compost. The plant, 
he adds, is robust, and blooms very abun¬ 
dantly. The novelty, whose habitat M. Gode¬ 
froy-Lebeuf has engaged not to divulge, for 
the present at least, is dedicated by him to his 
“ dear wife,” Madame Godefroy-Lebeuf.—M. 
DESCKIPTIONS OF THE BEST 
CAKNATIONS.—II. 
Cbimson Bizaekes. 
resume our descriptions of the best 
Carnations (see p. 17) with the list 
of Crimson Bizarres, which form a 
very beautiful series :— 
A. D. Southgate {JDodivell ).—A seedling 
from Thomas Moore, c.b., but fuller than that 
variety, and with the crimson stronger. A 
distinct and fine variety. First bloomed in 
1880, and sent out in 1882. 
Albion’s Peide (Headly). — One of the best 
of Mr. Headly’s productions, and yet a desir¬ 
able flower, though unequal to some of the 
seedlings which have sprung from it. It has 
a large, well-formed, and well-marked petal, 
of good substance, and fairly smooth. The 
colours also are rich, but like all things in 
nature its vigour wanes with age, and the 
force of young life, even of its own progeny, 
will soon push it from its pedestal. 
Black Diamond [Haines). — Eaised at 
Tapton from Ely’s William Caxton, c.b. 
First bloomed in 1848. It is third amongst 
the oldest flowers of the class now extant, 
and shows very evident signs of increasing 
age. When first sent out it was a strikingly 
fine variety, rich in texture and colours, with 
a good white and a well-formed smooth petal. 
Now it occupies quite a secondary place. 
Ceimson Bannee (Simonite). — A variety 
which originated with my friend and brother, 
Mr. Simonite, and which has evidently a con¬ 
siderable infusion of the Milton blood in it, 
having plenty of colour, with a large, well- 
formed petal, but with narrower markings than 
quite accords with my taste. I believe Mr. 
Simonite, as with some others, has presented 
this variety to his friends ; at any rate I have 
no record of its introduction in a more direct 
form to the floral community. 
De. Ceonin (Dodwcll). — A seedling from 
Captain Stott, but much fuller and finer in 
form than that old variety. It is also richly 
marked, though the colours are not so deep in 
