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OROBANCHE. 
gating Orchises, excepting by seed ; 
but they may be taken up in their 
native localities when in flower, with 
a ball of earth about three inches 
square to each, and being planted 
in suitable soil, in an open situation, 
in the garden, they will live and 
flower for several years. Seeds, if 
collected when ripe, and sown im- 
mediately, will come up freely ; and 
if the soil and situation be suitable, 
they will flower freely the second or 
the third year. The same observa- 
tions will apply to O\phrys, Her- 
minium, A'ceras, Goodyéra, Pla- 
tanthéra, Gymnadénia, and several 
other genera formerly included in 
the genus Orchis. Most of the 
British Orchises grow well in pots, 
and they may be forced as easily as 
the common Hyacinth. The kinds 
of Orchis which bear flowers re- 
sembling insects, are now mostly 
included in the genus O'rnrys. 
Orver.—The necessity of order 
is strongly evinced in a flower-gar- 
den, as the plants in it lose half their 
beauty unless they are placed ac- 
cording to some regular plan or order 
of arrangement; thus they may be 
either in masses of one colour, or of 
one kind; or they may be arranged 
according to size, or according to 
some botanical system, at pleasure. 
But whatever mode of arrangement | Hope. 
class, the flowers of which have 
three styles, &c. 
Ort'canum. — Labidte.— Marjo- 
ram. O. vulgare, the common 
Marjoram, is plentiful on chalky 
soils in various parts of England ; 
and it may be planted in patches 
in gardens or shrubberies where 
bees are kept, for the fragrance of 
the flowers, and the delight which 
the bees appear to have in them. 
The Sweet Marjoram, O. major- 
dna, a native of Portugal, is culti- 
vated in England as a pot-herb ; 
and for the Hep Marjoram, or Dit- 
tany of Crete, O. Dictamnus.—See 
DitTany. 
Ornitno'caLum.—Asphodélee.— 
The Star of Bethlehem. Bulbous 
plants with white star-like flowers, 
some of which are frequently kept 
in the greenhouse, but all of which 
may be grown in the open ground, 
if the bulbs are planted in a tolera- 
bly dry soil, four or six inches deep. 
Some of the handsomest kinds are 
O. pyramiddle, a native of Spain, 
the unopened flower-stalks of which 
are sold in the market at Bath, and 
other places in the West of Eng- 
land, for the table, under the name 
of Prussian Asparagus; O. latifo- 
lium, a native of Egypt; and O. 
caudatum, from the Cape of Good 
The latter two are generally 
may be adopted, it will be found | considered greenhouse plants, but 
that not only the interest excited by 
he garden, but its beauty, will be 
Seen increased by some regu- 
order being followed through- 
out. 
In a botanical point of view the 
word Order signifies a number of 
genera, which coincide in several 
important particulars. As for ex- 
ample, according to the natural sys- 
tem, the order Cruciferze includes 
all the plants that have their flow- 
ers like a Greek cross; and accord- 
ing to the Linnean system, the 
order Trigynia includes all the 
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they only require protection from 
severe frosts. 
Oroza'ncHE. — Orobanchee. — 
Broom-rape. Parasitic British plants 
growing on the roots of other plants, 
which they destroy. They have 
erect stems, somewhat scaly and 
bulbous at the base, and terminating 
in a spike of rather large purplish 
or brownish flowers. They are 
almost incapable of culture, as their 
seeds will lie dormant in ‘the soil for 
years, till they meet with a plant to 
the roots of which they can attach 
themselves; but if it should be wish- 
plants belonging to any particular | ed to grow them, a few seeds of O 
