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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



considered hardy, though not very easy of cultivation. 

 Some of them are worth introducing for the curious cha- 

 racter of the flower, and a good collection is very interest- 

 ing. The species aranifera, the Spider; muscifera, the Fly; 

 apifera, the Bee ; and fuscifera, the Fly-bearing Ophrys are 

 British; bentJireclinifera, ar ac Jin ites, the Black Spider, and 

 arachnoidea, the Spider-like Ophrys, are European species. 

 Besides these, the species hiteiim, ferrum-eqttimim, ciliata, 

 Scolopax, exaltata, fusca, grandiflora, tabanifera, and others 

 may be introduced. The roots seem to require a mixture of 

 loam and chalk, and when once planted they should not be 

 again disturbed. 



OECHIS. 



The original genus Orchis has been divided into many 

 genera by modern botanists, as Anacamptis, Gymnadenia, 

 Perularia, Plantantliera, etc. Most of the species are hardy, 

 being natives of England, the Continent, North America, 

 and other temperate climates ; a few species may therefore 

 be introduced into a cool house with success, and the fol- 

 lowing are perhaps the most handsome: — longicornis, bifolia, 

 sambucina, spectabilis, Morio, papilionacea, conopsea, odora- 



