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woods. C. arietinum, the ram's-head lady's- 

 slipper, a rare form, is easily cultivated in moist 

 garden-soil with partial shade. 



Of the Habenarias, H. fimbriata, the great 

 fringed orchis which, with psychodes, is found 

 in wet, rich leaf-mold, is not difficult to cultivate. 

 They are both of marked beauty, the tall, brill- 

 iant purple spike of the former being a very con- 

 spicuous object in the woods. H. ciliaris, the 

 yellow fringed orchis, is difficult to manage. I 

 have been surprised to be most successful with 

 the most delicate, H. blephariglottis, This is, 

 I think, the loveliest of the Habenarias, attain- 

 ing a height of from one to one and a half feet, 

 with a spike of white-fringed, deliciously odor- 

 ous flowers lasting long in bloom. Its habitat 

 is cool sphagnum swamps, the plants springing 

 from the clear moss, and never being at all con- 

 nected with the soil. The white-fringed orchis 

 should be planted in leaf-mold, with a ball of 

 sphagnum about the roots, in full or nearly en- 

 tire shade. Arethusa bulbosa, also a lover of 

 wet places, and one of our most beautiful spe- 

 cies, may be cultivated with success if good 

 plants are secured to start with. Spiranthes 

 cernua, or ladies-tresses, and S. gracilis, are 

 neither of them difficult to manage in partial 

 shade and sandy loam, and should be cultivated 



