190 HARDY PERENNIALS AND 



Soldier, or Brown Man Orchis. Of the native kinds of Orchis, 

 many of which are now getting very scarce, it is desirable to 

 know what's what. But, as a garden flower, the one now under 

 consideration has many points of merit. The plant is bold and 

 portly, and the foliage ample compared with many of the genus. 

 The head of flowers is large, numerous, and well lifted up, while, 

 far from their least good quality, is that of their fine aromatic 

 perfume. 



The full size of a flower is shown in the drawing. The sepals 

 are seen to be broad, converging, and pointed ; the lip, which is 



FIG. 69. ORCHIS PUSCA. 

 {One-fourth natural size j 1 and 2, natural size of flower.) 



rough, is three-parted ; lobes, unequal and ragged ; the side ones 

 are long and narrow, the middle lobe is twice notched in an 

 irregular manner ; the spur is straight with the stem ; bracts, 

 short; the flowers are densely produced, forming a compact 

 bunch 3in. to 4in. long, on a spike rather over a foot tall ; they 

 continue in perfection three weeks or a month. The leaves are 

 .9in. or more in length, lance-shaped, and fully an inch broad in 



