Yellow Lady’s-Slipper - Cypripedium pubescens

This portrait of the yellow lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium pubescens) is one of 232 colored plates, representing 500 species, in the outstanding Macmillan Wild Flower Book, with descriptive text by Clarence J. Hylander and illustrations by Edith Farrington Johnston. This handsome volume, published by the Macmillan Co., New York back in 1956, is refreshing to peruse because its illustrations are noted for their accuracy of detail and for the skill with which they have been executed.

It is obvious Mrs. Johnston spent many long hours in the field gathering the material and rendering the beautiful water colors so that they would be botanically correct and appealing to the eye as well. The text provides pertinent information about all the wild flowers illustrated so that identification is made easy, and includes as well fascinating anecdotes that pertain to each plant. The Macmillan Wild Flower Book will inspire you to search for wild flowers in the field and woods and to start a wild garden of your own. And you can always begin with the yellow lady’s-slipper because it grows easily in shady areas, coming up each year among ferns and other native plants that take care of themselves once given the environment that suits their needs.

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