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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



M'AECH, 1906J 



BODDINGTON'S 



Were awarded the First Prize 

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The Wild Lady's-Slipper Tamed 



T ADY'S-SLIPPER, or Cypripedium spec- 

 •*— ' tabile, was found growing under such 

 varying conditions that not all of them could 

 be imitated. In bringing it under cultiva- 

 tion I found it growing in swamps, on sandy 

 hillsides, and in moist but not wet woods. 

 Apparently one necessary condition was that 

 the ground should be moist. Whatever suc- 

 cess I met with in cultivating this plant I 

 am inclined to ascribe to the fact that I 

 always kept this in mind and never allowed 

 the soil to become hard and dry. All the 

 plants of Cypripedium spectabile which I ever 

 had were taken up when in bud or flower. 

 In transplanting great care was exercised 

 not to injure the roots, a ball of earth always 

 being lifted with them and the plants so pro- 

 tected in carrying them home that they never 

 became wilted. 



Our wild flower garden was a narrow strip 

 of ground on a city lot. It lay along the 

 north side of a high, tight board fence and 

 was further shadowed by closely built houses, 

 so there was always partial shade. The soil 

 was not naturally very good, so for the cypri- 



Lady's-Slippers (Cypripedium spectabile) may be 

 transplanted while in bud or bloom and suffer no 

 ill effects. The soil must never become dry 



pediums I dug out about a foot of this garden 

 loam, mixed it with leaf mold and sand in about 

 equal proportions, poured water in before I set 

 the roots, and the plants went on growing and 

 blossoming as if they had never been disturbed. 



Every fall the bed was covered with leaves, 

 and in the spring those were carefully dug 

 in around the roots of the plants. This was 

 all the care the cypripediums received, but 

 for several years the clump continued to 

 flourish and increase in size, bearing numer- 

 ous blossoms and furnishing the crowning 

 glory of our little wildwood garden. After 

 five or six years, however, they gradually 

 failed, and as the plants were becoming 

 scarce in our vicinity no effort was made to 

 renew our supply. 



Now dealers are offering them for sale, and 

 it is not necessary to rob the woods in order 

 to procure plants. I think, too, that plants 

 already accustomed to cultivation will suc- 

 ceed better in ordinary gardens than those 

 transplanted from the woods. Plenty of 

 moisture and partial shade ensure success. 



New York. Florence Beckwith. 



