ORCHIDS. 
This beautiful class of plants is now very popular, and there are a great many beautiful 
native terrestrial forms which even rival some of the more rare tropical ones in beauty and 
grace. Plant in a mixture of rich woods mold and sand. A damp, even wet, soil suits the 
Platanthera the best, and they all enjoy shade. 
ARETHUSA bulbosa. 6 to 9 inches high, with a large terminal flower 1 to 2 
inches long; bright purple and fragrant Jo 20 $1 25 
CALOPOGON pulchellus. Scape 12 to 18 inches high, bearing two to eight 
purple flowers 1 inch or more wide j a showy plant 20 1 25 
