OR'CHIS USTULATA. 
DARK-WINGED ORCHIS. 
Class. Order. 
OYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
ORCHIDACEiE. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
England. 
4 inches. 
June. 
Perennial. 
Chalky pi. 
No. 667. 
Orchis, a Greek name which has an allusion to 
the tuberous roots. 
It would seem in some degree unnecessary to 
mention the attractions possessed by any of the 
Orchidaceous order of plants. Our British hardy 
species are always admired; and the numerous ex- 
otic species are amongst the most wonderful pro- 
ductions of nature. It is the cultivation of them 
which demands notice, from the difficulty which is 
generally experienced in their management. A bed 
of hardy Orchises, growing luxuriantly in a garden, 
is indeed a rarity ; still, this need not be the case. 
It should be remembered that our present species, 
and many of its congeners, are natives of chalky 
districts only ; and they rarely or never succeed 
but on a natural or artificial substratum of chalk 
or lime-stone. They should be planted in a mix- 
ture of loam and chalk, removing them when in 
blossom : and in regard to aspect, an eastern, or 
varying from that to a northern, has always been 
observed to be most congenial to their growth. 
A due regard to these leading features of cultivation 
will remove the principal difficulties. 
Hort. Kew. 2, 5, 189. 
