132 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
Tue Lapy’s SLIPPER 
The lady’s slipper is usually found in damp woods, 
swamps, or bogs. The large yellow kind (Cypripedium 
pubescens), the stemless variety (Cypripedium acaule), 
with a crimson-pink flower. 
and Orchis spectabilis, with a 
white or magenta-pink flower, 
may all be transplanted easily 
if given their native environ- 
ment as nearly as possible. 
The plants all bloom in May 
and June. They are very 
pretty placed on the shady 
side of a rockery. Transplant 
them early in the spring or 
after the leaves die down 
in the summer. 
- THe Lity 
Fic. 66. Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium P Of ae io kinds of 
aeanle) lies suitable for bor- 
ders the native plants 
should attract our first attention. The low-growing ones 
will give us little surprises, blooming here and there in 
the foreground or in a convenient nook early in the 
season, while the tall ones will occupy prominent places 
later in the summer. 
