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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 (Rani’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 
beautiful little gem. Rare. 20 cents each, $1.50 per dozen, 
pubescens—Much resembling the parviflorum, but with larger leaves and flowers. 
Very easily grown in moist shades. A fine bloomer. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
spectabile — This is 
the largest species 
we have of this 
genus, and is by 
far the most beau¬ 
tiful of them all. 
The plant is about 
2 feet high, leafy 
throughout, bear¬ 
ing one to several 
large pink, purple 
and white flowers, 
inches long. Its 
natural home is in 
rich leaf mould,and 
you will find it de¬ 
lights in a very 
moist soil. Fine 
for the bog. 20 to 
50 cents each. 
G00DYERA pubes- 
cons (Rattlesnake 
Plantain) — 8 to 15 
inches high, leaves 
clustered at the bot¬ 
tom, white, retic¬ 
ulated. Stem leaf- 
goodyeua pubescens. less, 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, $1 per dozen. 
HABENARIAblepIiarioglottis(W kite 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, but the flowers are 
yellow, and very fine. This seems to take readily to cultivation and thrives 
nicely in moist garden soil or bog. 20 cents each, $i.25 per dozen, 
psycodes — The flowers are smaller and more crowded than in the last, and deeper 
purple. 15 cents each, $1.50 per dozen. 
Hookeri (Two Leaved Orchis)—The plant has 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, $1.50 per dozen. 
LIPARIS lilifolia (Twayblade)—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 spectabills (Showy Orchis)—Leaves oblong, shiny, 3 to 5 
inches long near the ground. Stem 4 to 7 inches high, bearing a few pink, pur¬ 
ple and white flowers. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
P0G0NIA opllioglossoides— A little fibrous-rooted plant found growing 
in Sphagnum Moss and wet places in leaf mould. Flowers rose colored or 
white. Stalk 4 to 10 inches high. 10 cents each, $1 per dozen. 
SPIRANTHES ccriiua (Ladies’ Tresses)—Grows G to 20 inches high. 
Leafy below, bearing at the summit a dense spike of white flowers. 10 cents 
each, $1.10 per dozen. 
