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LADY SLIPPERS 
(Cy pripedium) 
Our much loved hardy native orchids which have sprung into 
popular favor the last few years for naturalizing in woodlands and 
for use in the rockery. 
They love a cool moist shaded spot with soil that has a good 
portion of leaf mold or peat mixed in. Once planted they need little 
or no attention, excepting to he watered during prolonged dry spells. 
A mulch of 2 or 3 inches of leaves is advisable during the winter 
which can he left on to rot in the spring; thus keeping up a con¬ 
stant supply of leaf-mold over the crowns. A very striking picture 
can he made by planting them in colonies among ferns using 
spectahili?' in the rear, puhescens in the middle and acaule in the 
front. 
Planting can be successfully done in fall or very early spring 
while the plants are dormant. Plant in colonies 6-8 inches apart. 
Acaule 
(Lady Slipper—Moccasin l lower! 
Three Doz. 
The plant sends out two leaves at the ground level 
from which the flower stalk grows 8-10 inches high. 
The slipper-like flowers appear in May and are pink- 
purple in color. The first Lady Slipper to bloom. 
Each 25c.60 82.00 
Pubescens 
(Yellow Lady Slipper) 
The most widely planted of all hardy orchids and 
•perhaps the easiest to grow. Poes well in any partly 
shaded location that is moist. A beautiful thing to use 
along streams or beside pools in the rockery. The 
slipper-like flowers are a rich _ golden yellow with 
reddish-purple petals. Elooms in late May and June. 
Height 12-1S inches. Strong clumps. Each 35c.90 $3.00 
Spectabile 
(Showy Eady Slipper) 
The grandest of all, I he Lady Slippers and one of 
the rare plants as the supply is always short of the 
demand. The great leafy stems grow to a height of 
about 2 feet and hear two or more flowers which are 
rose-pink and white in color. A large, colony of this 
variety in bloom among hardy ferns is a sight not 
soon to be forgotten. Clumps. Each 50c. l. - -o v 4.00 
HEPATICA Acutiloba. See Rock Garden Section. 
.MERTEN SI A Yirginica. See Rock Garden Section. 
PHLOX Divaricata. See Rock Garden Section. 
Bargain Lady Slipper Collection 
3 Acule, pink .... 
........ .60 
3 Pubescens, yellow ---. 
....... .90 
3 Spectabile, showy pink --- 
...... 1.25 
9 
$2.75 
9 for $2.50 
Lady Slippers Like Leaf Mold and Shade 
