HARDY TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS, AND FREE-FLOWERING CLOVES AND PINKS. 33 
Quantity. 
Veronica spicata alba , 
per doz. 5/6 
,, fol. variegatis 
p. doz. s/6 
,, Traversll „ 7/6 
VINCA 
aureo-variegata 
p. doz. s/6 
eacli 
a. d. 
0 6 
Quantity. 
each 
s. d. 
VIOLET, Sweet-scented 
,, „ arborea, double o 9 
,, Comte de Brazza 
p. doz. 7/6 o 9 
Violet, Sweet-scented 
Czar, per doz. s/6 o 6 
,, ,, ,, white o 9 
„ ,, devonlensis ... o 9 
,, ,, King of Violets o 9 
,, „ Marie Louise 
p. doz. 7/6 o 9 
„ ,, Neapolitan 
p. doz. 7/6 o 9 
„ „ odoratisslma 
p. doz. 7, 6 o 9 
,, ,, odorata alba 
simplex 
p. doz. 5/5 o 6 
Quantity. 
each 
s. d. 
Violet, Sweet-scented 
rubra plena, 
per doz. 5/6 o 
,, ,, Russian Blue 
p. doz. s/6 o 
,, ,, Wellslana doz.7/6 o 
WALDSTEINIA 
trlfollata,p. doz. s/6 o 
ZAUSCHNERIA 
.... ,, californica splen- 
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BEAUTIFUL HARDY TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS. 
These beautiful hardy Orchids arc of easy culture, and should have a place in all good collections of 
plants. Their grand spikes of bloom are of exquisite beauty. A special bed should be made for this family of 
plants, say at the foot of a rockwork, in a damp and shady situation. The soil should be rough boggy peat 
to tiic depth of 18 inches. Most of the species will gtow luxuriantly in such a situation, but there are a few 
that like a little different culture. We therefore indicate the treatment of each species by the following signs. 
* Soil, peat and loam in a shady situation, with abundance of moisture. 
+ Soil, peat, loam, and leaf mould, in a well-drained shady situation, damp at all seasons. 
II Plant between pieces of limestone, n a well-drained loam, and slightly shady situation. 
§ Soil, leaf mould, peat and sand, keep rather damp in summer but dryer in winter, shady situation. 
i Bletla hyaclnthina, a fine Chinese orchid of easy culture, with beautiful deep rosy pink flowers. S ' 
Much grown in China for its grateful perfume, june-flowering, 1 ft per doz. 21/ 2 6 
Cypripedlum (Lady's Slipper), hardy bog-plants of exquisite beauty, for in or out-of-doors. 
§ 
.1/6 & 
§ 
acaule, beautiful large rose-coloured flowers, lit. § ft 
calceolus, brown-purple and bright yellow, handsome, lit. ij ft 
macranthum, handsome Siberian species, with large purple-crimson flowers, very 
beautiful. Awarded a First-class Certificate, 1886, ht. i ft 
montanum, a beautiful Californian species, with flowers brown-purpie and while, 
I red, ht. ft. Figured in “ Regel's Gartenflora " 
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striped t 
,, parviflorum, small showy bright yellow and purple-brown fragrant flowers, ht. 3 ft. 
,, pubescens, large yellow and brown flowers ; a beautiful species of easy culture, lit. 1 ft. 
,, spectablle (Mocassin Flower), large pure white, and delicate rose flowers; the’ 
most beautiful of all, ht. ij ft 2 /6 & 
One of each of the above named species of Cypripediums, 15 s. 
||Habenaria blfolla (Butterfly Orchis), spikes of flowers, pure white 
,, clliaris (Yellow fringed Orchis), most beautiful spikes of showy bright orange flowers, 
with elegantly fnngcd sepals ; grow in sphagnum, in damp and paitially shaded 
situations, lit. i| ft 
* ,, fimbriata (Fringed Orchis), one ot the mest beautifui, spikes of flowers varying in 
colour from lose to crimson, and lasting long in bloom, June-flowering... 
||Ophrys and Orchis, 12 in 12 distinct beautiful hardy varieties 10/6 & id 
n m 6 in 6 ,, ,, ,, 5/6 & 7/6 
These are all curious and shilling , some hearing flowers resembling trees and other insects. 
Ophrys apifera (Bee Orchis), bright rose-purple, and rich velvety-brown, flowers closely resemblin'' 
a bee in form and appearance 
§Satyrium albidum, spikes of white flowers, 1 ft J Beautiful Frog Orchids, ot/M 
carneum, handsome spikes of bright rose and 
white flowers, ht. (t I 
coriifolium, fine spikes of soft-orange yellow f 
flowers, splashed crimson 
erectum, spikes of yellowish orange flowers J 
remarkable broad fleshy leaves, 
and stout spikes of handsome- 
hooded flowers ; they are o e easy 
culture, but should have a slight 
covering during winter. 
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FREE-FLOWERING CLOVES AND PINKS. 
These produce, in summer, masses of brilliantly coloured flowers, deliciously scented, which for cutting are 
greatly prized. For the decoration of beds and borders they are invaluable. 
CLOVES. 6acIl _ B d 
... True Old Scarlet, very free-flowering per I00 so i . per doz , 6 Q ' ' 
... True Old Crimson, delightfully fragrant . 2 i . 5/606 
... Gloire de Nancy, large pure white fragrant flowers, very free-flowering, an old favourite 7/6 o 9 
... Mrs. Reynolds Hole, a novel and beautiful colour, being of a soft apricot salmon 18/ 2 o 
.. W. P. Milner, pure white, very sweet-scented n I 5 
PINKS. 
... Anne Boleyn, full rose, dark crimson centre, large flowers, very free-flowering, p. ioo, 50/; p.doz. 7/6 o 9 
... Ascot, beautiful flesh-pink, with carmine centre „ 7/6 0 9 
... Cliveden White, the earliest of all white pinks; flowers pure white, well formed, and strongly 
scented; excellent for forcing per doz. 15/ 1 6 
... Lord Lyons, dark rose, large flowers with smooth edge, free 10/6 1 o 
... Mrs. Sinkins. A hybrid between the Old White Pink and White Clove; it blooms a little later 
than Cliveden White, has fine large flowers, and is very hardy and robust, p. 100, 42/; p. doz. 5/6 o 6 
... A 1 Alegatiere s New Hybrid Perpetual Pinks, a new race of the free-flowering pinks in many 
beautiful colours ; all with dark conspicuous centres per doz. 7/6 o 9 
BARR & SON, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, London, 
And Nurseries, Long Ditton, Surrey. 
