O R 



O R 



8. Orchis fpiralis alba odorata. 

 J. B. Triple Ladies Traces. 



9. Orchis latifclia, hiante cucul- 

 h t major. "Joum. The Man Or- 

 chis. 



10. Orchis antbropcphcra Orca- 

 des. Col. Ec. Man Orchis, with a 

 ferrugineous, and iomet.mes a green 

 Colour. 



11. Orchis msodes, galea Cif alts 

 herbidis. J. B. The common Fly 

 Orchis. 



1 2 . • O R c h 1 s my odes major. Park, 

 yhcc.t. The greater Fly Orchis. 



13. Orchis fufefora, galea iff 

 alls purpurafcentibus. J. B The 

 common Humble-bee Satyrion, or 

 Eee-nower. 



14. Orchis fijf Tejliculus Spbe- 

 godu, hirfuto fore. J. B. Humble- 

 bee Satyrion, with green Wings. 



1 5 . Orchis h rmaphrodiiiea bifo~ 

 lia. J.B. E utter fly Satyrion. 



16. Orchis alba bi folia minor, 

 calcari oblong*. C. B. P. The leiTer 

 Butterfly Satyrion. 



17. Orchis palmata pratnfn la- 

 tifclia, longis calcaribus. C. B. P. 

 The Male handed Orchis, or Male 

 Satyrion Royal. 



18. Orchis palmata prater Its 

 maculata. C. B. P. The Female 

 handed Orchis, or Female Satyrion 

 .Royal. 



19. Orchis p dm at a minor, cal- 

 caribus obkngis. Q. B. P. Red- 

 handed Orchis, with long Spurs. 



20. Orchis palmata minor, fore 

 hteo "jhidi. Raii Sytt. Handed Or- 

 chis, with a greeniih Flower, by 

 feme call-d the Frog Orchis. 



All thefe Sorts of Orchis grow 

 wild in feveral Parts o c .Englund ; but, 

 for the extreme Oddnefs and Beauty 

 of their Flowers, deferve a Place in 

 every good Garden : and the Reafon 

 for their not being cultivated in Gar- 

 dens proceeds from theii Difficulty 

 to be tranfplanted : tho 1 this, I be- 



lieve, may be eafily overcome, where 

 a Perlon has an Opportunity cf 

 marking their Roots in their time of 

 Flowering, and letting them remain 

 until the:r Leaves are decay'd, when 

 they may be tranfplanted with Safe- 

 ty : for it is the fame with moft 

 Sorts of bulbous or flefliy - rooted 

 Plants, which, if tranfplanted before 

 their Leaves decay, feldomlive, not- 

 withftanding you preferve a large 

 Ball of Earth about them : for the 

 extreme Parts of their Fibres extend 

 to a great Depth in the Ground, 

 from whence they receive their 

 Nourifnment ; which if broken or 

 damag'd by taking up their Roots, 

 they ieldom thrive after ; for tho' 

 they may fometimes remain alive a 

 Year or two, yet they grow weaker, 

 until they quite decay ; which is alfo 

 the Cafe with Tulips, Fritillaria's, 

 and other bulbous Roots, when re- 

 moved, after they have made Shoots : 

 fp that whoever would cultivate 

 them, mould fearch them out in their 

 Seaion of Flowering, and mark them ; 

 and, when their Leaves are decay'd, 

 the R-pots mould be taken up, and 

 planted in a Soil and Situation as 

 nearly refembhng that wherein they 

 naturally grow, as pofiible, other- 

 wife they will not thrive : fo that 

 they cannot be placed all in the fame 

 Bed ; for fome are only found upon 

 chalky Hills, others in moili Mea- 

 dows, and fome in Ihady Woods, or 

 under Trees : but if their Soil and 

 Situation be adapted to their vari- 

 ous Sorts, they will thrive, and con- 

 tinue feveral Years, and, during their 

 Seafon of Flowering, will afford as 

 great Varieties as any Flowers 

 which are at prefent cultivated. 



The flrrf. Sort flowers in April, 

 and is very common in Paftures, and 

 buihy Places, in moft Pans of Eng- 

 land* 



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