HARDY TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS. 
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CYPRIPEDIUM acaule. 
This is another handsome native, producing 
beautiful rose flowers 2 inches in length. Steins 
G to S inches high. Suited to well-drained fis¬ 
sures of rockwork. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per 
doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.45 per doz. 
/C. arietinum. Ram’s-head, Lady’s-slipper—w. A 
/ pretty little native of our northern swamps, 
growing among and under evergreens. Petals 
and sepals brown; lip veined with white and red. 
Needs well-drained, moist aud sandy soil, in 
shade; a mixture of peat is beneficial. Autumn 
delivery. June. X., 20 cts. each; P., 23 cts. each. 
,C. montanum (C. occidentale) — z. This is one of 
X the most delicate and charming Orchids, aud 
though not hardy here without covering, it may 
be easily protected by a covering of leaves. Any 
good garden soil which suits the common C. 
pubescens will suit this species. Flowers purple 
and white. June. N., 35c. each; P., 37c. each. 
C. parviflorum. Small Yellow Lady ’s-slipper —w, 
x, or z. One of the best native Orchids. Six 
to 15 inches high, with one or more bright 
vellow flowers. The brown-purple spiral petals 
contrast nicely with the yellow lip; fragrant. 
Does well in* sandy soil, with a mixture of 
peat or leaf-mold; likes some shade. Fine 
for permanent plantiug. May and June. N., 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; P.,17 cts. each, 
$1.40 per doz. 
C. pubescens. Large Yellow Lady’s-slipper— 
w, x, or z. Resembles C. parviflorum, but is 
larger. Does well in almost any soil; likes 
some shade. I would recommend this plant as 
one of the easiest to manage, and as one of the 
most permanent when well set. It should be in 
every collection of hardy plants. May and 
June. N., 15 cts. each; 1\, 17 cts. each. 
C. specfabile. Showy Lady’s-slippek—w. This 
is the grandest of all Terrestrial Orchids. The 
flowers are borne on leafy stems 2 feet or more 
high. The pouch is much inflated, of a deep 
rose-purple or almost white, while the sepals 
or petals are white. As well suited for forcing 
in peat as for out of doors, in a moist, shaded 
situation. Plants will bloom the first year. 
June. N., 25 cts. each; P.f 28 cts. each. 
G00DYERA pubescens. Rattlesnake Plantain—x. 
Reticulated leaves, which are very pretty, are 
clustered at the base, from which springs a stalk 
a foot or 18 inches high, terminating in a close 
spike of white flowers. The flowers are pretty 
enough in their season, but the leaves, lasting 
fresh through the winter, are very attractive. 
Needs shade and peat or leaf-mold. N., 15 cts. 
each, $1.10 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. 
HABENARIA psycodes (II. fissa )-w. About 2 feet 
high, bearing 4- to 10-inch spikes of rose-pur¬ 
ple, fragrant flowers. Nice for the bog garden 
or some moist, sheltered situation in peaty SOI 
X., 15 cts. each, $1.35 per doz.; P., 17 cts. er 
$1.50 per doz. 
LIPAR1S liliifolia. Twayblade—z. Three or 4 inches 
high, with light green leaves and a short raceme 
of purple flowers. Fine for moist, shaded 
banks. N., 10 cts. each, $1 per.doz.; P., 11 cts. 
each, $1.05 per doz. 
L. Loesellii. Fern-orchis—z. N., 10 cts. oach, 
$1 per doz.; P., 11 cts. each, $1.05 per doz. 
Uulnuaria . 
/TIPULARIA discolor. Crane-fly Orchis. Some¬ 
what like the Aplectrum in habit. Leuvcs pur¬ 
plish green, coming in late autumn; scape JO to 
15 inches high; llowcrs green, tinged with pur¬ 
ple. A curiously pretty plant. Not very hardj. 
Summer. N., 15 cts. each; P., 18 cts. each. 
X. precedin'! the prices, indicates not prepaid; P. indicates prepaid. 
