200 THE ‘ORCHID ‘REVIEW. [AuGusT, 1916. 
SAAN ONE 
Recess ORCHIS MACULATA ALBA. ey 
T page 178 we alluded to a strong clump of the chaste and beautiful 
Orchis maculata alba, about two feet high, bearing five long spikes of 
pure white flowers, on the remarkable rockery of Sir Frank Crisp, Bart., at 
Friar Park, Henley, and now by the courtesy of the Editor of the Garden, 
we are able to illustrate it by a photograph, which shows well its character. 
Fig. 37. ORCHIS MACULATA ALBA. 
The flowers are of the purest white. As regards its culture and history we 
may reproduce the accompanying note. ‘‘O. maculata is of the easiest 
possible culture, and only craves an open situation on a border or rock 
garden where its bulbs will remain undisturbed when at rest. A carpet of 
some dwarf-growing alpine affords a useful protection from disturbance, 
and seedlings are occasionally found in such situations, sometimes escaping 
detection until they throw up a spike. The white form is occasionally 
found in a wild state among plants of the type, and one such was grown in 
the collection of the late Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., at Burford, many 
