DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 325 
from the side opposite the withered bulb, the plant travels 
always in one direction at that rate, and will in a dozen 
years have marched six inches from the place where it 
formerly stood. 
In the garden the Orchis can hardly be said to be prop- 
agated; the species are generally taken up from their na- 
tive habitations and transferred to a shady border, where 
they remain a year or two, but seldom increase. I have 
taken them up when in flower successfully, by removing 
the plant with a large ball of earth, so that these fleshy 
fibres are not disturbed. 
P. blepharigl6itis.—White-fringed Orchis.—Has snow 
white flowers, with a beautifully fringed lip, in short 
spikes. Stems about one foot high. 
P. fimbriata.—Large Purple-fringed Orchis.—One of 
the largest and most beautiful, and sometimes called P. 
grandiflora. The spike is sometimes six inches long, with 
large pale-purple flowers. Stems about two feet high. 
June. P. psycodes is a species resembling this, but smaller 
and more common. 
P. ciliaris,— Yellow-fringed Orchis.— This resembles 
the White-fringed Orchis in shape, but the flowers are of 
a bright orange-yellow. 
PLATYCODON,—Lancx BELL-FLOWER. 
{From the Greek, meaning large bell.] 
Platycédon grandiflérum.—tThis species was formerly 
called Campanula grandiflora, but it is separated from 
Campanula on account of the manner in which the pod 
opens. It has also been called Wahlenbergia. It is a 
hardy perennial growing about one and one-half foot high, 
with smooth and serrate feaves. The stem bears one or a 
few very large shallow flowers. The buds are quite orna- 
