132 THE ORCHIDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 
sand and leaves and treated it in various ways; “ but though it 
started out well it always died the second or third year.” A 
correspondent of the Bulletin of the Torrey Club complains 
that he used both sphagnum and nearly pure sand, with the 
same results. It is possible that a persistent use of the 
Dumesnil fertilizing-moss might effect a change in the con- 
stitution of this plant. One English florist planted C.calccolus, 
“in narrow fissures in limestone rock, well drained and filled 
with rich fibrous soil, increasing the plants by dividing them at 
the roots.” He thought an “eastern, shaded aspect’ best suited 
to them, while another says, “‘ Lady’s Slippers should be planted 
in loamy soil where they get the morning sun only, and the 
roots should be removed but seldom, as transplanting prevents 
their flowering.” Our C. pubescens prefers shade, no doubt, but 
J have known it to do well in an open garden, exposed to the 
full force of the sun. Habenarias fimbriata and blephariglottis 
“thrive best in wet, peaty soil, partly shaded. A. wrescens 
and Liparis “litfolia in rather dry, peaty soil.”” English florists 
have considered a sandy, red loam best suited to Orchis spec- 
tabiles, its size and beauty being greatly increased by cultiva- 
tion, and for the Goodyeras, a mixture of silver sand and leaf 
mould. 
Some members of the Mass. Hort. Society, * at the annual 
meeting in 1881, discussed the subject of the cultivation of 
native Orchids. Mrs. T. L. Nelson, of Worcester, had found 
Cyps. parvifiorum, pubescens and spectabile adapted to gardens. 
“The latter forms its buds late in autumn under the old stalk, 
and this shows that one could be grown as well as another.” 
Mrs. C. N.S. Horner, of Georgetown, had succeeded in winter 
with C. pubescens and the Goodyeras. Mr. E. H. Hitching had 
transplanted successfully, Orchis spectabilis and C. spectabile, 
and remarked that Liparis lilitfolia, “one of our most deli- 
* Annual Report, 188r. 
