Caption:
Japanese cypripedium or Korean lady's slipper orchid, Cypripedium japonicum. Native to Japan, Korea and China. Endangered. Imported by New Plant and Bulb Company, Lion Walk, Colchester. Handcolored botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Worthington George Smith from Henry Honywood Dombrain's Floral Magazine, New Series, Volume 4, L. Reeve, London, 1875. Lithograph printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son.