CLAP LE Ril x xX. 
BRITISH AND OTHER MARDY 
ORCHIDS. 
THERE are a considerable number of pretty-flowered and 
highly interesting terrestrial Orchids which may be grown 
in the open air in this country. Besides those native 
species which are worth notice for the quaintness of form. 
and fantastic colours of their flowers, a great many 
terrestrial kinds from North America and from the 
European Continent are available for open-air gardening, 
and when the conditions are suitable they are capable of 
producing a beautiful display. Such are the Cypripediums, 
the Fringe, Bee, and Butterfly Orchises. These plants, 
however, obtain comparatively little notice from English 
Orchid fanciers, and they are consequently very little 
grown. Most of those mentioned in this Chapter may 
be procured at little cost from the few English nursery- 
men who pay attention to these plants, the principal 
among them being Mr. T. S. Ware, of Tottenham, in 
whose nursery there has been for many years a rich 
collection of the best of hardy terrestrial Orchids. A Plate 
showing the comparative sizes and shapes of some of the 
British species faces page 18. 
The failures which attend the first attempt to grow a 
collection of hardy species in an ordinary garden are 
