EDWARD GILLETT, SOUTHWICK, MASSACHUSETTS 
ORCHIDS 
Orchids 
Among the following will be found a few of our most hardy Orchids, such as may 
be easily grown. I hese all like shade at least half or two-thirds of the day, and In- 
planting in a mixture of peat or leaf-mold, in loamy soil or a clay loam, they are easily 
grown. 1 he mixture of peat or leaf-mold tends to keep them moist. After they are 
planted, an inch of pure leaf-mold placed over them as a mulch will be very beneficial. 
APLECTRUM hyemale (Puttyroot). This plant sends up from a bulbous root late in 
summer a pointed green leaf, 2 to 6 inches long, which lasts through the winter, 
and in spring a stalk about a foot high, bearing a raceme of large, greenish brown 
flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
CALOPOGON pulchellus. Although this plant is more generally found in swamps and 
peat bogs, it also frequently grows in moist, sandy soil. It is a small bulb about 
the size of a large bean, which sends up in spring a long, grass-like leaf and a 
stalk about a foot high, bearing in June and July two to six showy pink-purple 
flowers about an inch broad. 1 * cts. each, $ 1 per doz. 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule (Lady’s-Slipper, Moccasin Flower). This is often called the 
Red Lady’s Slipper, but the flower is rose-purple in color. The plant sends up 
two broadish green leaves from the base, and from between them comes a stalk 
about a foot high bearing a single large, showy flower. Plant in a dry, shady 
place ; it does nicely under pine trees. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
C. candidum (Small White Lady’s-Slipper). A very hardy Cypripedium, growing 
about a foot high, with white flowers ; takes readily to cultivation in ordinary 
moist soil. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
C. pubescens ( Yellow Lady’s-Slipper). A fine large yellow 1 ‘ady’s-Slipper found in 
moist, rich shady places, where it can be grown under cultivation. May and 
June. 20 cts. each, #1.50 per doz. 
CYPRIPEDIUM ACAULE. 
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