£02 



On the Cultivation of Rare Plants. 



cum Ic Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. p. 144.— Linn. Trans, v. l.p. 79. 



t. 3./. 2. 



Introduced in 1776, by John Fothergill, M. D. and 

 will thrive in any shady border of light vegetable earth, 

 mixed with sand. 



Cypripedium Humile. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. p. 144. — Linn. 

 Trans, v. 1. p. 79- t. S.f. 4. Cypripedium acaule. Michaux 

 Fl. Bor. Am. v. 2. p. 61. 



Of the four Cypripediums in our gardens, this is the only 

 one which I have never been able to cultivate successfully. 

 Mr. Philip Miller, after observing that they are with 

 difficulty preserved and propagated, recommends them to be 

 planted in a loamy soil : but they will hardly exist in loamy 

 soil. On the contrary, in a border of peat-earth, mixed with 

 decayed leaves and sand, I had them flowering and encreas- 

 ing without interruption, for a number of years ; so that I 

 was often able to give a plant to my neighbours. This 

 species, however, though variously treated, always died the 

 second or third year after being imported ; perhaps it de- 

 lights in a very boggy soil, like Arcthusa Bulbosa. 



iridiLe. 



Iris Glauca. MSS. Iris germanica. Smith in FL Grac. 

 v. A. p. 29. t. 40. Iris pallida. Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 685. cum Ic. 

 Iris sambucina. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 55. Iris dalmatica major. 

 Park. Pas. p. 186. Iris major latifolia 11. sive Asiatica cserul. 

 Clus. His. PL tib.V.p. 218. 



This plant, which grows wild abundantly in all Greece, is 

 rather tender, and should be cultivated here in a light soil, 



