HARDY TERRESTRIAL ORCHIDS. 
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Hardy Terrestrial Orchids. 
This charming group contains some of the most showy hardy plants in cultivation. Cypripediums, 
for example, are among them. They are very easy to manage, and exceedingly attractive when in flower. 
No class of plants has more admirers, and all who have had the pleasure of seeing them growing well have 
been struck with the lovely and varied coloring of some of this family. To see them growing in their 
habitat, where nature has placed them, is a treat which comparatively few can enjoy, but with a little 
trouble we may have the pleasure of their flowers at home in our gardens—a treat well worth its cost. The 
Cypripediums and some others are suited to pot-culture, and, with now and then an exception, force well, 
w Means plenty of moisture, in peat and loam and in the shade; answer very well for bog plants, 
x Means always moist loam, peat and leaf-mold ; well-drained, shady situations, 
z Means good yellow, sandy loam, leaf-mold, partly shaded and moderately moist. 
APLECTRUM hyemale. Adam and Eve, Puttyroot—z. One of our native Orchids, which is not so 
showy as some, but quite interesting on account of its manner of growth. The root is composed of 
two or more connected bulbs, from which comes, late in autumn, a single dark green leaf. This lasts 
until the next spring, and dies down about the time of flowering, or soon after; very hardy. The 
flowers are borne on stems about a foot high. They are greenish brown, flecked with white and 
purple; more curious than showy. Not prepaid, 15 cts. each, $1.10 per doz.; prepaid, 18 cts. each, 
£1.30 per doz. 
ARETHUSA bulbosa— w. A very beautiful little bulbous Orchid, growing in wet sphagnum bogs in the 
moss. It should be treated as a pot-plant, and grown in fresh sphagnum moss, always kept moist and 
in partial shade. Not prepaid, 12 cts. each; prepaid, 13 cts. 
CALOPOCON pulcheltus— w. Grass Pink. A pretty little bulbous Orchid which may be grown in moist 
sandy soil, or in same conditions as 
Arethusa. Not prepaid, 10 els. each, 
Si per doz.; prepaid, 11 cts. each, 
$1.05 per doz. 
CYPRIPEDIUM arletinum. 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 weil- 
drained, moist and sandy soil, in shade; 
a mixture of peat is beneficial. Autumn 
delivery. June. Not prepaid, 20 cts. 
each ; prepaid, 23 cts. 
C. candldum. Small White Lady’s- 
slipper— x. A rare native species, 
nearly a foot high, with single flowers; 
white and greenish white. June. Nut 
prepaid, 25 cts. each ; prepaid, 26 cts. 
C. humile {C. acaule). Common lady’s- 
slipper— x. This is another hand¬ 
some native, producing beautiful rose 
flowers 2 inches in length. Stems 6 to 
8 inches high. Suited to well-drained 
fissures of rockwork. Not prepaid, 
15 cts. each, Si.25 per doz.; prepaid, 
18 cts. each, Si.45 ptr doz. 
C. montanum (C. orcidenlale) —z. This 
is one of the most delicate and charming 
Orchids, and though not hardy here 
without covering, it may be easily pro¬ 
tected by a covering of leaves. Any 
good garden soil which suits the com¬ 
mon C. pubescens will suit this species. 
Flowers purple and white. June. Not 
prepaid, 25 cts. each, $1 50 per doz.; 
prepaid, 27 cts. each, $1 65 per doz. 
See my Autumn List for other favorite 
and rare wild flowers. 
Cyprlpedium humile (C. acaule ). 
