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SCHOOL AKD HOME GARDENS 



THE LADY'S SLIPPER 



The lady's slipper is usually found in damp woods, 

 swamps, or bogs. The large yellow kind (Cypripedium 

 pubescens), the stemless variety (Cypripedium acaule), 



with a crimson-pink flower, 

 and Orchis spectabilis, with a 

 white or magenta-pink flower, 

 may all be transplanted easily 

 if given their native environ- 

 ment as nearly as possible. 

 The plants all bloom in May 

 and June. They are very 

 pretty placed on the shady 

 side of a rockery. Transplant 

 them early in the spring or 

 after the leaves die down 

 in the summer. 



THE LILY 



FIG. 



Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium 

 acaule) 



Of the many kinds of 

 lilies suitable for bor- 

 ders the native plants 



should attract our first attention. The low-growing ones 

 will give us little surprises, blooming here and there in 

 the foreground or in a convenient nook early in the 

 season, while the tall ones will occupy prominent places 

 later in the summer. 



