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A WHITE LIPPED . . 
Cypripedium. 
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(Cypripedium Godefroyae leucochiluni). 
Several varieties of C. Godefroyae are in 
cultivation, but none of them have been 
more popular than C. G. leucochilum, that 
is, the white lipped variety. There are 
several of them, because although they all 
agree in having a white lip, the upper sepal 
and the two petals vary greatly m the size 
and number of the spots or blotches of 
crimson on the white ground. That re¬ 
presented by the illustration is a well- 
marked variety, as the spotting is well de¬ 
fined and distinct. The lip is small by 
comparison with the other parts of the 
flower, but the rich markings serve to 
make it stand out prominently. It is one 
which flowered in the collection of N. C. 
Cookson, Escp, Oakwood, Wylam-on- 
Tvne, where Mr. H. J. Chapman is the 
cultivator. 
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COMBINATIONS. 
Each year as May advances the gar¬ 
dener racks his brain to provide some¬ 
thing really new for bedding out. 
This is somewhat difficult, but here are 
a few combinations which will be found 
lasting in effect and very, showy. 
An exceedingly useful bedding out plant 
is the Lobelia, so much used for an edg¬ 
ing to larger growing subjects. But it is 
not only valuable in this way, for an effec¬ 
tive bed can be planted by using Lobelias 
alone. The whole bed may be planted 
all over with the dwarf growing white and 
blue kinds, either planting these alter¬ 
nately or a broad edging of either colour, 
filling in the centre with the other, and 
then at distances of 2 ft. apart, the tall- 
growing herbacous kind, with its hand¬ 
some dark-red foliage and scarlet flowers. 
This will be found to flourish in a moist 
spot, and this must be provided for it if 
the bed is to be a thorough success. 
The variety Queen Victoria is a good, 
tall-growing kind, and when in flower 
forms a striking sight. A novel colour 
scheme entirely in yellow may be worked 
out by edging a bed with Pyrethrum sela- 
ginoides, which is far the best, then plant- 
ing yellow Calceolarias as a filling. 
If a dot plant is required for this, the 
vnriegated-foliaged AbutiTon is excellent, 
and will be found a great improvement to 
the appearance of the bed. This combina¬ 
tion should not be used too freely, or in 
too large a bed, for the colour, although 
forming a pleasing change in moderation is 
somewhat tiring to the eve where used to 
excess. 
Where a large circular bed has to be 
filled, a fine effect can be made by plant¬ 
ing the centre in a triangle, with three 
plants of the bronze-foliaged Castor oil 
plant, Ricinus Gibsoni; and here a word 
of warning. Select the smaller plants, for 
it has a habit of growing very fast and 
over-running other things whe'n once it 
A GRACEFUL. 
Composite. 
(Hysterionica falcata.) 
Hysterionica falcata. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
The species of this genus come from 
South America, and being natives of dis¬ 
tricts slightly warmer than ours, they are 
nearly hardy, but liable to get killed in 
severe winters. They are neat and grace¬ 
ful enough, however, to be kept m a green¬ 
house during winter for the sake of their 
foliage. In all the more favoured parts of 
the country it would probably be left out of 
doors unprotected, and in other parts a 
cold frame would furnish sufficient pro¬ 
tection. The plant shown is less upright 
than one or two others which have been 
more or less cultivated for many years. 
H. falcata is a new one, and has long, dark 
green, needle-like leaves, so disposed upon 
the stems as to give them a light and 
graceful appearance. The whole plant is 
only 1 ft. high, but the stems often spread 
in such a fashion as to make the plant 
look dwarfer. Each stem and branch ter¬ 
minates in a neat yellow flower, which 
some would term a yellow Marguerite. 
Any ordinary garden soil will suit the 
plant, and if of a light and sandy character 
it will be more likely to come through the 
winter safely in the open air. Propaga¬ 
tion may be effected by seeds, by divisions 
of the clumps in spring, and by cuttings 
of the unflowered stems during the sum¬ 
mer months. These cuttings may be taken 
off when getting firm and inserted in very 
sandy soil and placed under a hand-light 
or bell-glass in a cold frame. These 
rooted cuttings may stand in the pots all 
the winter in a cold frame, and they will 
supply a stock should the plant happen to 
get killed during the winter. 
The plants are perhaps better known in 
gardens under the name of Neja, but the 
name we give above is older, and therefore 
the correct one. 
Cypripedium Godefroyae 
leucochilum. 
gets a start in a favourable season. Round 
the Ricinus a planting of the green-foli- 
agecl Gannas of any colour preferred may 
be made, and next these Perilla nankin- 
ensis, alternating with Cineraria maritima, 
would look splendid. If the bed is of 
sufficient size, a broad edging of blue Lo¬ 
belia may next be planted, finishing off 
with Echeveria secunda. 
Another good bed may be formed by 
planting white Asters alternately with the 
dwarf Coreopsis Crimson King. This will 
be perhaps rather late in arriving at full 
perfection, but when once in flower will 
remain in good order right up into the 
autumn months. 
Canning Wright. 
Berberis stenophylla, for garden de¬ 
coration, is better and more effective than 
either of its parents (B. Darwinii and B. 
empetrifolia). The long sprays are 
covered with rich orange blossom, and the 
plant does not object to sandy soil. 
