. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i"^^^ The Cypripedium BY \V. A. MANDA. The nomenclature of this genus is very clear and simple, yet in cultivation we find many cypripeds wrongly named, or the specific name is omitted and only that of the variety used, which is very misleading in any case where there are a great many kinds to be considered. Not only in cultivation do we find these mis- takes, but even several authors of books, not being thorougly acquainted with this genus, have made serious errors. These are especially dangerous, as people
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i"^^^ The Cypripedium BY \V. A. MANDA. The nomenclature of this genus is very clear and simple, yet in cultivation we find many cypripeds wrongly named, or the specific name is omitted and only that of the variety used, which is very misleading in any case where there are a great many kinds to be considered. Not only in cultivation do we find these mis- takes, but even several authors of books, not being thorougly acquainted with this genus, have made serious errors. These are especially dangerous, as people search- ing for information are misled rather than correctly instructed. Amateurs who are forming collections have great trouble in getting some of the varieties true to name. Frequently after growing a tiny little plant which has been purchased for a large sum of money, for three or four years, it turns out to be quite a common kind, of which he already has a stock or does not want at all. Again, in some cases a rare and valuable plant turns out of a lot that has been purchased for a common species with a small outlay only. Several species have also syno- nyms, or a variety was considered as a species by some botani,=t, and later on when the name came to be changed, in a good many instances it would be grown under the old name. The history of some species is also ob- scure or unreliable, owing sometimes to circumstances which, if they were known, would make quite a stir. The native country of all the species is known, but the exact locality only of the old kinds. If a new cypriped is discovered, we hear it comes from the East Indies, and we have to be satisfied with that. Nor can we blame much the discoverer of a new species for keeping secret the exact spot where it was found. The searching for new kinds and collecting is very expen- sive and dangerous business, and there- fore when a man discovers a new species which has cost him a great deal of time, money and exposure to d
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