530 ORCHIDS. 
the sepals are green, the petals white, and the lip velvety 
purple, with two streaks of grey blue. 
0. tenthredinifera, the Sawfly Orchis, is a native of the 
European continent. It is a strong grower, with spikes 
gin. high, greenish brown sepals and petals, and a velvety 
brown and yellow lip. 
Plate (for which we are indebted to the Editor of the 
‘Gardeners’ Chronicle”’). 
The following are all more or less known in English 
collections, but they are not often grown with success; 
they are abundant in Italy, France, &c., and are imported 
in quantity by dealers in this class of plants. Q. aurea; 
O. Bertoloni, with brown-purple lip; 0. bombylifera; 
0. exaltata; O. lutea, with green sepals and petals, 
and a golden yellow lip, maroon-purple in the centre, 
with an eye-like patch of steel blue; and Q. speculum, 
in which the sepals and petals are banded with purple, 
and the lip peacock blue, with a golden iris and purple 
margin. 
Orchis. 
Culture.—Some of the Orchises are very pretty in flower, 
and they are easy to manage in the garden. They require 
a rich loamy soil, a sheltered situation either in a border 
or in the rock-garden, plenty of water, and an annual 
mulching with rotten manure. The British species here 
mentioned are abundant in moist meadows in most parts 
of the British Islands, so that a good stock of them may — 
easily be obtained. In transferring them from their wild 
homes to the garden, they must be carefully taken up so as 
not to injure the feeding roots and new tubers. The right 
time to remove them is after the flowers have faded, say 
