By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 289 



p. 312. Orchis bifolia. Smith in Engl Bot. n. 22. cum Ic. bond. 

 —Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 1331 . 



One of our indigenous plants, which may be cultivated 

 without any difficulty, if planted in pure loam from a lime- 

 stone bottom. It succeeds in a pot, if filled half full of 

 broken tiles ; and when in the open ground, the border 

 should be well drained, at least six inches in depth. No plant 

 bears forcing better, or exhales a more delightful perfume. 

 I have never observed this species but in a limestone soil, 

 and it is exceedingly plentiful near Buxton. 



Orchis Pyramidalis. Smith in Engl. Bot.n.llO. cumlc. 

 mam.— Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 1329- 



This species also forces well, and will thrive in any garden, 

 if cultivated in the way recommended for the last plant. 



Orchis Papilionacea. Linn. Sp. PL ed. %.p. 1331. 



I saw several plants of this flowering at Oxford in 1796, 

 where they had been brought by the late Dr. John Sib- 

 thorp e, from the hills near Naples. 



Myodium Araniferum. MSS. Ophrys fuciflora. Curt, iti 

 Fl. Lond.fasc. 6. t. 67. Ophrys aranifera. Smith in Engl. Bot. 

 n. 65. cum Ic. pessimd. 



This, and most of its congeners, are very easily cultivated ; 

 but require the purest loam from a chalky bottom, and the 

 border to be most effectually drained ; for any permanent 

 wet in summer makes them push too soon. On the hillocks 

 and declivities where they grow wild, the slight showers are 

 absorbed by the surrounding turf or long grass, and the 

 heavy rains we usually have, after Midsummer day, run off 

 quickly. 



Serapias Lingua. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 1344. 



