LEADING SPECIALTIES IN ORCHIDS. 
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Hardy Orchids. 
Cypripedium acaule. 
A number of our North American species of Oreliids are quite as 
handsome as the majority of those cultivated in greenhouses, and the 
flowers !are produced as freely. They are very highly esteemed in 
Europe, and have only escaped attention in this country because tliey 
are too easy to have and to grow! They are pretty for shaded out- 
door nooks, where they will grow and flourish abundantly without 
further attention wlien once fully established, furnishing annually ' 
their delicate and peculiar blossoms in due time. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Lady's Slipper. The best genus among our haiily 
Orcliids. The species are all easy to grow, bright-flowered and prefty. 
They bloom in spring and early summer, aud are exceedingly attraetive 
in cool, shady corners. 
C. acaule. Showy bright rose-purple flowers on shoi't stems; the flowers 
are of large size and very beautiful. The engraving shows the form of 
the plant. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
C. pubescens. Bright yellow flowers of a most attractive .shade on long, 
sh'iider stems. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
C. parviflorum. Siiiidler flowers of lighter yellow; very freely produced. 
20 els. e:iel], 162 per doz. 
C. spectabile. Sliowy Toady's Slipper. White and crimson. 20 cts. each, 
$2 [ler doz. 
COOOYERA pubescens. Rattlesnake Plantain. Foliage beautifully 
mottled. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
MATERIALS FOR ORCHID CULTURE, 
Including Rafts, Oribs, Pots, Peat and Cocoa-flber, will be found in our li.st 
of supplies in the closing pages of this Catalogue. We are glad to supply 
customers with such things as will best help them towaril success. 
General Collection of Orchids— Continued. 
EPIDENDRUM macrochilum atropur- 
pureum. Rose and crimson. $2. 
E. — roseum. $.">. 
E. nemorale. White, rose and mauve. $1..)0. 
E. — malus. .^2. 
E. O'Brlenne. $:!.riO upward. 
E. panlculatum. Lilac-purple. $;i.."iO. 
E. prismatocarpum. Rose aud crcamv yel- 
low. $2. 
E. radicans. Sej»als and petals orange- 
scarlet; lip deep vellow, edged wirli sear- 
let. if2..-)0. 
E. Randii. $2.')0. 
E. rhizophorum. T>i\rk oi-juige-red. $2.50. 
E. Stamfordlanum. Bright yellow, green 
and erinisou. $2..')0. 
E. tiblclnis. $2.50, 
E. venosum. $L50. 
E. vltellinum. Vermilion Orchid. Orange- 
scarlet; spike 10- to ]5-llo\vered. $1. 
E. — majus. Especially attractive and valu- 
able for the dash of bright color which it 
adds to a collection when in bloom. 'I'ho 
bloom is produced in from (i- to 15-(lowered 
racenu?s of brilliant orange-scarlet flowers 
that last for two months or more. $1.50. 
E. Watsonlanum. 
CONCORA fuscata. Resendiles (he Acro- 
peras. 75 cts. 
CRAMMATOPHYLLUM EMIsll. This 
Orchid prtaluces large flowers on branch- 
ing spikes of good size. They have tawny 
yellow sepals and ]>etals, and a pink-tinged 
white lip. $5 to $10. 
L/ELIA. The Ladias are among our finest 
an<l most useful Orchids, so that lliey 
always And a ]dace in every really good 
collection. Their flowers are large, distinct 
and showy, many of them having a rich, 
spicy fragrance and especial value for cut- 
ting. They arc allied to the Cattleyas. and 
like them are vigorous, compact in habit, 
and easy to manage. 
L^ELIA alblda. A lovely Mexican species 
with from 3 to 12 spicy blooms in stems 
sometimes 3 feet high. C<dors, white and 
delicate pink, veined with yellow. $1, 
L. — bella. Rose-flushed flowers ; lip bright 
rose. .$2. 
L. — rosea {L. Mariante) . $2.50. 
L. anceps. This very free-flowering and 
popular Orchid is further described on 
page 15. $1 to $2. 
L. — alba. Pure white, with yellow blotch. 
$5 to $7.50. 
L. — Barkeriana. Sepals and petals nar- 
row; lip deep purple. $3 to $7.50. 
L. — Dawsonll. White, yellow aud i)urple. 
$10 n|iward. 
Li — delicata. Dainty violet and white. $2.50. 
L. — grandiflora. Large-flowered. $3.50. 
L. — Hilllana. $3 
L. — Percivaliana 
orange. $5. 
L. — rosea. $5. 
L. Arnoldlanum. 
Ladias for all pui-poses 
white and violet. $2.50. 
L. autumnalis. All Saint's Flower. Beau- 
tiful soft rose color. SL50. 
L. — alba. A beautiful pure white form, 
still new and rare. Very free-blooming. 
Price on application. 
L. — atrorubens. Large,deep crimson. $3. .50. 
L. cinnabarina. Deep red-orange. $2.50. 
L. crispa. White, amcthvst-purple and yel- 
low. $1..50. 
L. Dayana. Rose-purple, lilac and white; 
nearly i inches across. $2.50. 
L. elegans. White,rose and purple 
L. — Leeana. Rose and crimson, 
apidication. 
L. — Pattlnil. $1 upward. 
L. — superbum. $5. 
L. Eyermanii. $7.50. 
L. Couldlana. Purple and white, 
application. 
White, rose-piirple ami 
One of the very best 
Flowers rosy 
$5 to $10. 
Price on 
Price on 
Cinnabar-red ; star-. 
L/ELIA harpophylla. 
like. $1.50 to $3. 
L. peduncularls. Dark rose. $1. 
L. Perrinii. An elegantly sluuled purple 
flower, with yellow throat. $2.50. 
L. praestans. Rich rose and crimson. $2.50. 
L. purpurata. White and purple, with yel- 
low throat. $5. 
L. — grandls tenabrosa. Price on appli- 
cation. 
L. — atropurpurea. $5. 
L. — Russelliana. Lilac, white ami yel- 
low. $15. 
L. superbiens. St. .Joseph's Wand. $2.50. 
L. xanthina. A lovely yellow La?lia. $1. 
LiPARIS elegantlssima. $l..50. 
LYCASTE. This beautiful and odd genus 
proiluces its rich colored . flowers most 
freely. It is popular among collections, 
and profitable for cut-flowers. The plants 
are easy to grow, succeeding best iu a cool 
temperature. 
L. aromatlca. Golden yellow and orange. 
75 cts. 
L. citrlna. Yellow, Avhite and lilac. ¥1.50. 
L. cruenta. Bright yellow, dotted crimsson; 
4 inches across. 75 cts, 
L. Deppei. White. i>urple and yellow. 75c. 
L. glgantea. Mauve and rose-|uirple. $3.50. 
L. Lawrenceana. Rose-jun-ple ; lip curled. 
$2.50. 
L. plana. White, madder-red and rosy 
crimson. $2.50. 
L. Sklnnerli. Monk Ondiid. Rose and pink. 
with deep crimson spots on the white lip. 
$1.50. 
L. — alba. Flowers white. 
L. — delicatlsslma. Verv rare. 
I purpurata. Quite rare. i'rac on 
L. — rosea. Quite rare. 
L. — superba. Quite rare. 
MESOSPINIDIUM sangulneum (Odou- 
toglossum). Brilliant red flowers. $2. 
J 
applicatiim. 
