ON THE CULTIVATION OF BEITISH ORCHIDS. 31 



H. hifolia, JBab.~— The smaller butterfly orchis grows chiefly 

 on dry chalky banks, and is safest in pots in loam and peat, with 

 plenty of drainers. It should be placed in a cool frame while 

 dormant, and taken out when beginning to grow in spring. 



II. chlorantha, Bab. — This is a more robust plant tlian the 

 last. It is to be found in clayey coppices, and should be potted 

 in loam, sand, and a little peat, with drainage, and may be kept 

 out of doors all the year. 



Ophrys apifera, Huds. — should be kept in pots ; and, as 

 there are few libres to the tubers, several may be put into the 

 same pot, using loam, peat, and sand. It should be kept in a 

 frame during winter, and not put out of doors until the flower- 

 stems have become somewhat advanced. Roots brought from 

 Keigate Hill in March, 1843, were still alive this spring. 



O. aranifera, Huds. — I never had more than one root under 

 cultivation, which was preserved for several years in a cold 

 frame, potted in loam, peat, and sand, with plenty of drainers. 

 It did not appear to be difticult to cultivate. 



O. aranifera, var. fucifera, Hook. — Several roots of this va- 

 riety were received from Kent some years ago, and were potted 

 in a mixture of loam, peat, and coarse sand, with plenty of crocks 

 or drainers. The plants were kept in a cold frame during winter, 

 and out of doors in summer, and were preserved three or four 

 years. 



O. muscifera, Huds. — should be kept in pots planted in light 

 sandy peat mixed with a small portion of loam, the pots being- 

 well drained. As the fibrous roots are small, several plants may 

 be placed in a pot. They should be kept in a cold shaded frame 

 the whole year, and watered sparingly while dormant. 



Herminium Monorchis, H. Br. — is a small species, seldom 

 more than four inches high, with small yellowish green flowers, 

 which smell like honey. It should be potted in peat, loam, and 

 sand, with plenty of drainers, and may be constantly kept out of 

 doors ; the roots being very small, several may be placed in a 

 pot. It increases itself tolerably by sending out underground 

 rhizomes, at the extremities of which a fresh tuber is formed. 

 It bears cultivation well. 



Goodyera repetis, R. Br. — is an extremely scarce species, 

 only to be found in a few fir woods in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land. It grows in dense creeping masses, and might be obtained 

 in large patches by paring off' the soil on which it grows. The 

 roots do not run deep into the soil, and it is not difticult to cul- 

 tivate. I have grown small pieces till they covered the whole 

 surface of the pots. It flowers sparingly. It appears to like 

 very light sandy peat, with the pots half filled with drainers, and 

 it should always be kept in a cold shaded frame. 



