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EDWARD GILLETT’S CATALOGUE. 
a dry shady place ; it does nicely under pine trees. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
arietinum (Ham's Head 
Lady Slipper) — Stem 
leafy, 6 to 12 inches high, 
bearing a small, dainty, 
red, brown and white 
flower. Plant in moist 
shades. A most beauti¬ 
ful little gem. Hare. 20 
cents each, $ 1.50 per doz. 
parviflorum (Small Yel¬ 
low L.) 0 to 8 inches 
high. Stem leafy, bear¬ 
ing one or more bright 
yellow flowers. Easily 
grown in the bog. 15 
cents each, $1.25 per 
dozen. 
pubescens—Much resem¬ 
bling the parviflorum, 
but with larger leaves 
and flowers. Very easily 
grown in moist shades. 
A fine bloomer. 15 cents 
each, $1.25 per dozen, 
spectabile — This is the 
largest species we have 
of this genus, and is by 
far the most beautiful of 
them all. The plant is 
about 2 feet high, leafy 
CALYPSO BORKALIS. 
throughout, bearing one to several large pink, purple and white flowers, 1 % 
inches long. Its natural home is in rich leaf mould, and you will And it delights 
in a very moist soil. Fine for the bog. 20 to 50 cents each. 
G00DYERA pubescens (Rattiesn ake Plantain)— 8 to 15 inches high. 
Leaves clustered at the bottom, white, reticulated. Stem leailcss, about a foot 
high, bearing a short spike of white flowers. Plant in a shady place with leaf 
mould. It does nicely in the rock garden. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen, 
repens—Similar to the last, only smaller. Some specimens have the leaves 
beautifully mottled. Rare. 15 cents each, 81.25 per dozen. 
IIABENARIAblephariof?]ott!s(w hite Fringed Orchis)— A rare and beauti¬ 
ful species found growing in Sphagnum Moss. 1 to 2 feet high, bearing at the top a 
. spike of pure white fringed flowers. Rare. At home in the bog. 25 cents each, 
ciliaris (Yellow Fringed Orchis)—Growth similar to the last, blit the flowers are 
yellow, and very line. This seems to take readily to cultivation and thrives 
_ nicely in moist garden soil or bog. 20 cents each, 81.25 per dozen, 
fiinbrata (Purple Fringed Orchis)—Found in wet places. 1 to 3 feet high, with 
a spike of lilac-purple fringed flowers. 15 cents each, 
psycodes— 1 The flowers are smaller and more crowded than in the last, and deeper 
purple. 15 cents each, 81.50 per dozen. 
Hookeri ( I wo Leaved Orchis) — 'I he plant lias two large leaves growing flat on 
the ground, with a few small greenish flowers growing along the upper part 
of the stalk. Found in well-drained leaf mould under evergreens. 15 cents 
each. 81.50 per dozen. 
LIPARIS lilifolia ( Pwayblade)— About 4 inches high, bearing a short 
raceme of purplish flowers. Plant in well drained soil; a shady bank is pref¬ 
erable. 15 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
Loeselii (Green Twayblade) — With greenish flowers. This plant delights in a 
wet situation just at the edge of water. 15 cents each, $1.25 per dozen. 
ORCHIS spectabilis (Showy Orchis)—T weaves oblong, shiny, 3 to 5 
inches long near the ground. Stem 4 to 7 inches high, bearing a few pink, 
purple and white flowers. 10 cents each, 81 per dozen. 
P0G0NIA ophioglossoidcs— a little fibrous-rooted plant, found growing 
