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stalks in water I have often seen the flowers 
stand quite fresh for more than six weeks. 
There are very few of the new sorts after all 
that can heat the old and well-known species 
called C. insigne, and of this we have two 
distinct forms, without including C. Chantini 
or C. Maulei. The two last-named sorts 
differ only from the typical form of C. insigne 
in having more white on the dorsal sepal, and 
the purple spots more distinct. 
have often noticed that one scarcely gets two 
flowers spotted alike. 
In regard to C. Daganum I rather think a 
lot of C. Hookerce is sold in its place ; I 
bought some plants lately which have not yet 
flowered, but they are very like G. Hookerce. 
Another very handsome species, and one well 
worth growing, is C. superbiens, also called 
C. Veitchianum; it is beautiful, alike in 
foliage and flower. 
CYPRIPEDIUM VILLOSUM. 
I have a Lady’s Slipper called C. Swania- 
num, which looks very like C. barbatum 
superbum , but whether so or not, it is a very 
fine thing; I had it in flower last autumn, 
and after standing fully out for about ten 
weeks it was cut and sent away amongst a 
box of Orchid blooms. 
C. villosum with its finely varnished-looking 
flowers is also a great favourite of mine, as 
also is C. Boxallii, concerning which latter I 
C. caudatum is a very fine plant, and, I 
think, likes a little more heat than most of 
its congeners; it has very curious-looking 
flowers, the long tail-like petals often growing 
from two and a half to three feet in length. 
I prefer the form called C. caudatum roseum. 
The sorts above named are all what are 
called common ones; still, to my mind they 
will stand their ground against many of the 
newer kinds. I have not yet seen C. 
