AND THEIR MANAGEIIIENT. 



53' 



British and other Hardy Orchids. 



fibrous loam, with sharp sand and a Httic pounded chalk, 

 should be used. In this the tubers must be buried lin. 

 below the surface, and the soil pressed moderately firmly 

 about them ; 6in. pots are the most con\-cnient, and into 



Fig. iSi. Ophrys tenthreijixifkra 

 (much reduced). 



each about five plants should be placed. They may also 

 be grown in a fissure of the rockery. 



O. apifera (Jluds.) (Bee Orchis) is common in this country 

 in chalk or limestone districts. We have seen thousands of plants 



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