The Cypripediums must be dismissed in far ...

The Cypripediums must be dismissed in far ...

The Cypripediums must be dismissed in far too short a space.

Williams has devoted ninety-two pages to this genus as against fifty-five for the Cattleyas and fifty-four for the Dendrobiums.

The amateur can only be urged to further independent research.

Botanists have lately decided on a complicated division altering the nomenclature of the Cypripedium, but for the present pur pose all species can be dealt with under the old inclusive name.

Cypripediums are both evergreen and deciduous.

The deciduous groups are from South America and have chiefly a specialized botanical interest.

All of North America boasts Cypripediums, but not many people are aware that the modest 'lady's slipper' and 'moccasin flower' are orchids and humble sisters to the regal Cattleya.

Cypripediums are to be found in some form practically all over the world.

(Listing and descriptions of native North American slippers may be found on page 112.

) More showy, and adaptable to greenhouse culture, the tropical Cypripediums, denizens of the Far East, are handsome plants with shiny dark-green foliage.

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