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and petals and rosy pouch, is especially beautiful ; 

 it is grown without much difficulty in a shady border 

 of peat with which a few pieces of sandstone are mixed : 

 I have it in a bog border made up of peat and a little 

 loam. It grows about two feet high, and blooms in June. 

 C. acaule, also from North America, is very attractive : 

 it is only five or six inches high, and has but one flower 

 on a stem ; this is of greenish colour, the pouch being 

 rosy purple. A shady spot, and soil composed of peat 

 and leaf-mould, are essential. C. Calceolus (a native kind) 

 grows about fifteen inches high, and bears its charming 

 blossoms in May ; these are dark purplish-brown with 

 yellow pouch. A loamy soil with which limestone is 

 freely mixed suits it, and a south-east aspect is best. C. 

 macranthum is a big-flowered kind from Siberia ; it grows 

 some ten or 4 elve inches high, and bears purple flowers 

 in May. Loamy soil, and a half-shady place fulfil its 

 needs. C. pubescens, a North American Lady's Slipper, 

 has purplish brown blossoms with yellow pouch ; it is 

 grown in loamy or peaty soil containing a fair quantity 

 of sand, and should have a sunny spot. 



Epipactis. Two native Epipactis, E. latifolia and 

 E. palustris, are worthy of inclusion in the moist, peaty 

 soil of the bog garden. Both grow about twelve inches 

 high, and bloom in July. The flowers of E. latifolia are 

 purplish-green, those of E. palustris are of purplish 

 tint. 



Ophrys. The quaint little Bee Orchis, found wild on 

 limestone hills in Southern England, is Ophrys apifera. 



