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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
arrangement of nature, that all must submit to the same 
great laws of decay and dissolution. She shows, in this 
respect, no partiality. Superior, talent, energy, or social 
positiou may, for a while, olevate some fragments of 
humanity above their fellows, but all are in the end re¬ 
duced to the same level.” 
CYPRIPEDIUM CANDATUM. 
(The Long-tailed Ladies’ Slipper.) 
light and pleasing green. It generally grows to the- 
height of about sixteen inches. The flower spike, which 
pushes up centrally from the heart, is branched and often 
carries three or four flowers. The color of the blooms is 
brownish-yellow, marked with deeper brown spots, and 
especially is this the case in regard to the lip. It will be 
sefin that the tail-like elongation of the petals, which 
grow at times to a length of twenty-five inches, r^ach 
the ground. The plant is a native of Chiriqui, and 
though not very common, has been introduced many 
years.— Villa Gardener. 
Amongst the extensive and widely distributed family 
of Orchidaceous plants, epiphyte and terrestrial, there 
are numerous very singular and beautiful examples. 
Particularly is this the case in regard to the gorgeous 
colors of many. The subject of our present remarks, 
viz., Cypripedium Candatum (see illustration), a variety 
or species of the well-known Ladies’ Slipper, is singular 
beyond all this, however, and that in regard to its 
petals, which are of an exceptional length. 
Cypripedium, Candatum or the long-tailed “Ladies’ 
Slipper,” is an evergreen, possessing foliage of a very 
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