ORCHIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ORCHIS. 



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rounded growths and many pale pink 

 flowers of 2 to 3 inches across ; and rosea, 

 with numerous blush - pink blossoms. 

 Other kinds, such as the O. arenaria, 

 arkansana, cymochila, hybrida, macrorhiza, 

 and phcBacantha, have now lived in the 

 open air for several seasons ; all the plants 

 we have named, with others, thrive in the 

 open air with complete success. To do 



grown if placed under good condi- 

 tions at first. Some of our native 

 Orchids are worth a place, but few 

 succeed with them, chiefly because the 

 plants are transplanted at the wrong 

 season. The usual plan is to trans- 

 plant just when the flowers are opening, 

 but at this period of growth the plant 



Orchis foliosa (Madeira Orchis). 



well they must have a sunny spot, as open 

 to the winds as their own mountain tops, 

 but dry, well drained, and with a sufficient 

 layer of limestone soil. H. C. 



ORCHIS. These terrestrial Orchids 

 are beautiful, and well worth culti- 

 vation among hardy flowers. For 

 those who do not want a full collection 

 the species mentioned below are easily 



is forming a tuber for the following 

 year, and if this is in any way injured 

 it dies. If, instead, the plants are 

 marked when in flower and allowed 

 to remain until August or September, 

 when the tubers are matured, the 

 risk of transplanting is lessened, 

 provided the plant be taken up with 

 a deep sod. The ground where the 



