WORTHY OF GENERAL CULTURE. 
97 
Hardy Native Orchids. 
No class of greenhouse plants has attracted so much attention the last two or three years as the tropical Orchids. While 
but little notice has been taken of the hardy sorts in this country, some of them are not surpassed in beauty of color and 
form by those of the tropics. For their successful cultivation a shady, moist place is necessary, with light, porous soil, leaf 
mold and stones or sandy gravel. 
Cypripedium Spectabile. (Moccasin Flower.) Of all the 
known terrestrial Orchids there is none to equal this glorious plant. 
The flowers are produced on leafy stems from one and one-half to 
two and one-half feet in height: the labellum is much inflated, and 
is of a delicate rose color, while the sepals and petals are white; 
blooms during June and July. 30 cents each; 50 cents each for 
extra strong plants ; $3.00 and $4.50 per dozen. 
Cypripedium Acaule. (Stemless Lady Slipper.) A handsome 
Orchid, producing flowers two inches in length, of a beautiful rose 
color, varying in shade to almost white ; the flower stems, six to 
eight inches in height, issue from a pair of large ovate hairy leaves. 
35 cents each. 
Cypripedium Pubescens. This plant is one of the easiest to 
cultivate, and can be grown in any ordinary shady border ; flowers 
yellow. 25 cents each. 
Goodyera Pubescens. (Rattlesnake Plantain.) A beautiful 
little Orchid, forming tufts of leaves close to the ground ; delicately 
veined with silver, and spikes of small white flowers. It thrives 
well in any shady position. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Habenaria Psycodes. (Purple Fringed Orchis.) Flowers pur¬ 
ple, in spikes of four to ten inches long ; very handsome and fra¬ 
grant; one of the most showy of this group ; flowers in July. A 
native of the mountains of Pennsylvania. 35 cents each; $3 per 
dozen. 
Orchis Spectabilis. A bold, showy species, one foot in height, 
bearing spikes of bright pinkish-purple flowers. One of the most 
showy of American sorts. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Tipularia Discolor. (Crane-fly Orchis.) A peculiar Orchid, 
forming rather large, solid bulbs, and producing in autumn a 
single ovate plaited leaf on a slender stem, tinged with purple on 
the under side; and in summer a long and naked stem ten to 
eighteen inches high, bearing a many-flowered raceme of small 
greenish flowers tinged with purple. 25 cents each ; $2 per 
dozen. 
Hardy Native Ferns. 
The Hardy Ferns are graceful and elegant plants, which may be used for garnishing rock work, or for clothing the 
ground in shady places where grass will not grow. The fronds are invaluable for arranging with cut flowers in vases, 
bouquets, etc. 
Adiantum Pedatum. (Maiden Hair.) Nine to fifteen inches 
high. Fronds forked at summit of stalk, which is black and 
polished ; a delicate and most graceful Fern. 20 cents each ; 
$2 per dozen. 
Aspidium Cristatum. (Shield Fern.) Fronds oblong in out¬ 
line, one to two feet high, crested; a very handsome Fern. 
20 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Aspidium Goldianum. A stately Fern, often growing four 
feet high, the fronds growing in a circle from a stout root stalk. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Aspidium Acrostichoides. Frond lanceolate, one to two and 
one-half feet high ; evergreen. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Aspidium Marginale. Fronds one to two feet long, evergreen 
and smooth. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aspidium Spinulosum. (Shield Fern.) A handsome, tall- 
growing Fern. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Aspidium Spinulosum Intermedium. Fronds finely cut, and 
smaller than the preceding. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Aspidium Thelypteris. Fronds about eighteen inches long, 
deep green, and finely cut; a graceful and beautiful Fern. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Asplenium Thelypteroides. Fronds two to three feet long; 
a desirable Fern, throwing up an abundance of graceful deep 
green fronds. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Asplenium Ebeneum. Fronds upright, twelve to sixteen 
inches high; pinnae finely serrated or toothed ; stems blackish 
purple; does not require much shade. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Asplenium Filix-foemina. One to three feet high ; a hand¬ 
some Fern. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Botrychium Virginica. (Moonwort.) Fronds tall and ample. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Camptosorus Rhizophyllum. (Walking Leaf.) Fronds ever¬ 
green, growing in tufts and tapering above into a slender prolon¬ 
gation like a runner, which often roots at the apex, forming a new 
plant. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Dicksonia Punctilobula. (Gossamer Fern.) Fronds two to 
three feet high, pale green, very thin, with strong chaffless stalks 
rising from slender creeping rootstocks ; sweet scented. 25 cents 
each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Onoclea Sensibilis. (Sensitive Fern.) Broad light green 
fronds ; a vigorous grower. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Osmunda Regalis. (Flowering Fern.) Fronds smooth, pale 
green, two to five feet high ; a splendid sort to plant in wet places 
or on the margin of streams or ponds. 2s cents each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Osmunda Claytoniana. The fronds of this Fern are clothed 
with loose wool when unfolding, but are perfectly smooth and 
about three feet high when developed. 25 cents each; $2.50 per 
dozen. 
Phegopteris Hexagonoptera. (Beech Fern.) Fronds trian¬ 
gular ; seven to twelve inches broad ; slightly pubescent. 25 cents 
each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Polypodium Vulgare. Fronds evergreen, oblong, smooth on 
both sides; four to ten inches high. 15 cents each; $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Pteris Aquilina. (Bracken.) Fronds dull green, large and 
branched. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Struthiopteris Germanica. (Ostrich Fern.) Fronds large, 
growing into a close circular tuft; stems stout and angular. 
25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Woodsia Obtusa. A pretty, small Fern, producing an abun¬ 
dance of delicate fronds, four to six inches high. 20 cents each ; 
$2 per dozen. 
