| 1 CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM | 2 CYPRIPEDIUM PUBESCENS | 4 VACCINIUM OXYCOCCUS |
| (Smaller Lady’s Slipper) | (Larger yellow Lady’s Slipper) | (Small Cranberry) |
| 3 IRIS VERSICOLOR | ||
| (Larger blue Flag) |
Nat. Ord. Orchidaceæ.
YELLOW LADY’S SLIPPERS.
Cypripedium parviflorum and Cypripedium pubescens.
“And golden slippers meet for Fairies’ feet.”
HIS ornamental family are remarkable alike for the singular beauty of their flowers, and the peculiar arrangement of the internal organs. In the Linnæan classification they were included in common, with all the Orchis tribe, in the class Gynandria, but in the Natural Order of Jussieu, which we have followed, the “Lady’s Slipper” (Cypripedium), forms one of the sub-orders in the general Order Orchidaceæ.
Of the two species represented in our Artist’s group, the larger and central flower is Cypripedium pubescens, the smaller, C. parviflorum, or Lesser Lady’s Slipper. The latter is, perhaps, the more elegant and graceful plant, and is also somewhat fragrant. The sepals and petals are longer and more spiral, but the colouring of the lip is not so rich and vivid as in the larger flower, C. pubescens.