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We cannot conclude our brief history of this 

 family of plants without publicly soliciting informa- 

 tion from those who have already made the experi- 

 ment of raising the Orchis and the Ophrys from 

 seed, as also from such as may be disposed to 

 try the cultivation of these singular plants, the 

 natural history of which is at present but too im- 

 perfectly understood. 



