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1 6. Orchis; alba hifol'm minor, 

 enlcari oblongo. C. B. P. The LelTer 

 Butter-fly Satyrion. 



17. Orchis ; ^almettiiy fratenpSy 

 latifoliaj longis calcaribus. C. B. P. 

 The Male-handed Orchis, or Male 

 Satyrion Royal. 



1 8. Orchis ; palwata, pratenj7s, 

 maculata. C. B. P. The Female- 

 handed Orchisy or Female Satyrion 

 Royal. 



19. Orchis; falmata minor, cal- 

 caribus oblongis. C. B. ?. Red- 

 handed Orchis, with long Spurs. 



20. Orchis ; palmata minor, fio- 

 re luteo-viridi. Raii Syn, Handed 

 Orchis, with a greenilh Flower, by 

 fome caWJ, The Frog Orchis, 



All theie Sorts of Orchis grow 

 wild in fevcral Parts of England i 

 but, for the extreme Oddncl's and 

 Beauty of their Flowers, defer ve a 

 Place in every good Garden : And 

 the Reafbn for their not being cul- 

 tivated in Gardens, proceeds from 

 their Difficulty to be tranfplanted : 

 Tho' this, I believe, may be eafily 

 overcome, where a Perfon has an 

 Opportunity of marking their Roots 

 in their Time of Flowering, and 

 letting them remain until their 

 Leaves are decay 'd, when they may 

 be tranfplanted with Safety : For it 

 is the fame with moft Sorts of bul- 

 bous or fiefhy-rooted Plants, which, 

 if tranfplanted before their Leaves 

 decay, leldom live, notwithftand- 

 ing you preferve a large Ball of 

 Earth about them ; for the extreme 

 Part of their Fibres extend to a 

 great Depth in the Ground, from 

 whence they receive their Nou- 

 rifhmenti which if broken or da- 

 mag'd by taking up their Roots, 

 they feldom thrive after ; for tho' 

 they may fbmetimes remain alive a 

 Year or two, yet they grow wea- 

 ker, until they quite decay : fo that 

 whoever v/ould cultivate them. 



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fhould fearch them out in their 

 Seafon of Flowering, and mark 

 'em ; and when their Leaves are 

 decay'd the Roots fhould be taken 

 up, and planted in a Soil and Situa- 

 tion as nearly refembling that where- 

 in they naturally grow, as polTible, 

 otherwife they will not thrive : So 

 that they cannot be plac'd all in 

 the fame Bed ; for fome are only 

 found upon chalky Hills, others in 

 moifl Meadows, and fome in fha- 

 dy Woods, or under Trees : but if 

 their Soil and Situation be adapted 

 to their various Sorts, they will 

 thrive and continue feveral Years, 

 and, during their Seafon of Flow- 

 ering, will afford as great Varieties 

 as any Flowers which are at pre- 

 fent cultivated. 



The firfl Sort flowers in April, 

 and is very common in Paflures 

 and bufliy Places in mofl Parts of 

 JEnglami. 



The fecond Sort floivers in May t 

 This is common in Paftures almoft 

 every-whcre. 



The third Sort is more rare than 

 the former : This is found in a 

 Lane near Bart ford in Kent, and is 

 one of the largefl of all the Kinds : 

 It flowers at the Latter-end of 

 May. 



The fourth Sort grows upon dry 

 barren Hills, particularly bet^veen 

 Northjleet and Gravefend : This 

 flowers at the Latter- end o\' April. 



The fifth Sort is found in great 

 Plenty in Wejlmorland, but particu- 

 larly in the xMeadows, upon both 

 the Banks of Eden, throughout fe- 

 veral Parifnes r It flowers in May. 



The iixth Sort grows upon dry, 

 barren, or chalky Hills in divers 

 Parts of England: This flowers in 

 Jtme. 



The idventh Sort grows upon 

 chalky Hills, but is pretty rare ^ it 

 is particularly found upon the Hills 



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