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The kinds found in our own country are more to be valued for their 

 perfume than the beauty of their flowers. They are : H. albida, very 

 sweet scented ; H. hifolia, the Butterfly, very fragrant ; H. chlorantha ; 

 and H. viridis, the Frog Orchis. These plants will thrive in the open 

 air, and they enjoy a damp situation. 



H. BLEPHARIGLOTTIS, Hook. — This plant was often imported with H. ciliaris. 

 It is very similar in its growth, but stronger ; the stem is crowned with a dense 

 raceme of white flowers, which have a lanceolate lip, beautifully fringed at the 

 edge, and a long slender spur. Flowers during the summer months. — -Canada. 



Fig.— ITooJt. Ex. Fl., t. 87 ; Lodd. JBot. Cat., t. 925. 



RMEA, N. E. Brown. — An exceedingly handsome and showy plant, with 



k green leaves, thickly spotted with white. The flowers are larger than 



1^' H. militaris. The helmet-shaped portion is of a lovely rose colour, the 



remainder of the flower being white. They are furnished with spurs about 



IJ inch long. — Singapore. 



YlG.—Gard. Ckroii., Srd ser., 1891, x. p. 729, f. 105 ; Jonrii. of Hurt., 1893, xxvii. 

 p. 283, f. 40. 



H. CILIARIS, R. Br. — A very pretty and rare species, which has been for a 

 long time an inhabitant of our gardens. It grows a foot or more in height, 

 has light green ovate lanceolate leaves, and terminates in a dense oblong spike 

 "of orange-yellow flowers, the lip of which is beautifully fringed. It requires 

 the same treatment as the hardy Cypripediunis. — North America. 



Fid.— Bot. Mag., t. 1C68 ; Andr. Bot. Rap., i. t. 42. 



H. CILIARIS ALBIFLORA, Gower. — In this variety the flowers are entirely 

 amy-white, without any other variation from the type. About a dozen of 

 's form were introduced with roots of the typical plant. Blooms during the 

 ramer months. — Canada. 



H. MARGARITACEA, Hort. — In this plant the flowers are not large, but it 

 really has very pretty variegated leaves. The plant grows about a foot high, 

 bearing oblong-acuminate leaves, which are blotched and spotted with pure 

 white, on a dark green ground ; raceme terminal, somewhat dense ; flowers 

 white. Blooms in the summer months. — South America. 



H. MILITARIS, Rchb. /.—A lovely plant, which was first discovered by 

 M. Grodefroy-Lebeuf in the mountains of Phu Quoch, and later by M. Eegnier, 

 of Fontenay-sous-Bois. It attains a height of from 1 to 2 feet, and is erect in 

 Baring about six light-green or bluish-green lanceolate leaves. The 

 Irminated by a dense raceme of many long-spurred flowers, which are 

 liUiantfcarlet, with a faint tinge of rose on the upper side ; underneath, the 

 ^ s as if glazed with a white film, whilst the spur is green. A glance 

 at our illustration will give a good idea of the shape of the flowers, which 

 a'-s produced in September and October. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., whose 

 'Irdener, Mr. White, grows this plant to perfection, exhibited a large basket full, 



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