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Various Notes on British Orcntprem. By G. B. Wotzaston. 
First First | Number | Height 
| appearance in ) of 
above ground.| Flower. | Flowers.} Plant. 
. Ft. In. 
Orchis Morio . . . .{October .| May 18 
Piascula... ..... «i December | April 
Pnuiisea,. .-.. . .| Wecember| May IS 
»  militaris* . . .|January 1} May 20 
a macray * yh Oet.-7—30 | May 23 
»  ustulata. . . ./Sept.10 | May 14 
pat axifioray: Vso. 7 Sk Sepil0 
miswmaculata......-..|.Feb..2] 
eee lab tOlat i)... \| 1. : May 22 |. : 
hirema. ...,:.|Sept..19 | June 25 | 104 | 4 4 
Gymnadenia conopsed, |). |; Mele. s- 0 | dune: Ob as 
Aceras anthropophora  .| November| May 23 
Habenaria viridis 2°. . |. oo Mave 26 
Rs ehiloranthaiie 45) .1, ; May 31 
Mplryssapilera’ yr |) - ) | June 1d)| 16... |.2-102 
» arachnites. . .|Sept. 9 . | June 9 Lo ee pe ue) 
=U SONS 7a ee or : April 21 Ol Pe 
Pee AUISCUCTA: .c, . | ss : May TOM sles siel O7. 
Herminium Monorchis .| April 26 | June 9 46 | 0 10 
Spiranthes autumnalis .| . : Sept. 2 
a estivalis . .| Sept. 10 
Listera ovata . . . .|March .| May 18 
»  cordata . . . .| March 20] May 29 
Epipactis palustris. . .|April 21 
Cephalanthera grandiflora| . . Bret te 1a eK) 
ms ensifolia .| April 20 
—" Calceolus .| April 21 
The foregoing table was drawn up from time to time from 
Orchises cultivated in pots, chiefly in the years 1850 and 1851, 
the greatest care being taken to imitate the natural soils ul 
habitats of the various species. 
The discoveries made during that time were fourfold. First, 
that our British Orchises can be cultivated successfully, if suffi- 
cient care be given, so that they will attain a growth rarely, if 
* Observe the great difference in time of first appearance. On O. militaris 
there are short hairs on the midvein of the leaves; the hairs drop before flowering ; \ 
on O. macra there are none. 
F ‘The same root is spotted or not, in different years. 
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