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easily effected by separating the tubers, which are produced freely. It is by no 
means difficult to cultivate. 
Listeea coed ata — Heart-leaved Tway-blade. Another very small Orchid, 
scarcely exceeding three incheshigh. It naturally grows on heaths in damp situations; 
the flowers are small, and of a brown colour ; and the plant may be found in bloom 
in June. It is very easily cultivated in pots filled with sandy peat and broken 
crocks. In the rockery, it may be planted in any well-drained part, and requires 
no protection. 
L. ovata — Ovate-leaved Tway-blade. This is of much stronger growth than the 
L. cordata, growing to the height of one foot or more. The flowers are green, and 
produced about the end of May. It may be found in woods ; and should be 
cultivated in a situation where it is sheltered from the sun, and not exposed to 
drought. If kept in a pot, use sandy loam and one-fourth peat, with good drainage. 
Ophrys apifera— Bee Orchis. Is rather a tender plant, and therefore is usually 
kept in a pot. The tubers are small, with but few fibres, and several may be planted 
together. The best soil is a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, with broken crocks. 
It should be sheltered in a frame or pit during the winter, and not be fully exposed 
until the frosts are over. It grows, however, very well in the rock ; hut must be 
planted in a particularly well-drained situation, and be covered with a flower-pot 
during the season of torpidity. 
0 aranifera — Spider Orchis. This requires very much the same treatment as 
the 0. apifera. It produces its curious green flowers in April, and chiefly grows in 
chalky soils. Both this and the last are increased by separation of the roots. 
Orchis fusca— Brown Orchis. A species met with in chalk districts, growing 
about a foot high, and producing its pretty brown and purple flowers in the end of 
May. If grown in a pot, use a mixture of light loam, peat and sand, in equal 
proportions. In the rockery, plant it in a well-drained situation, where it will not 
receive too much sunshine. 
O. hircina — Goat Orchis, This plant does not produce its flowers until July ; 
they are of a purplish-brown colour, and very pretty. It thrives pretty well in loam, 
peat, and sand, and should have a well-drained situation in the rockery. If grown in 
a pot, it must be preserved from winter rains and frost in a frame or pit ; but if 
planted out, place a flower-pot over it during the season of torpidity. 
O. latifolia — Ma/rsh Palmate Orchis. A very common but handsome species. 
It may be obtained in marshes and moist meadows almost in all parts of the country. 
This is of the easiest culture, growing either in pots, a shady damp border, or in a 
moist part of the rock-work. The proper soil for it is a mixture of equal parts of 
peat and loam. 
0. maculata. — Another common but handsome species ; it is of the easiest 
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