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JLdlvard Gillett, Southlvick, Massachusetts 
HARDY ORCHIDS 
APLECTRUM hyemale (Puttyroot). This plant sends lip 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. Rich, moist, shady places. 20 cts. 
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. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
CALYPSO borealis. A little, low plant, 3 to 5 inches high, with very beautiful flowers 
resembling a lady’s-slipper. Flowers purple and white. It desires a bed of leaf- 
mold in a cool, rather moist, shady place. 20c. ea.. $2 per doz. (See cut, page 35.) 
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 well-drained 
soil, with some leaf-mold. This does quite well in pots. 15 cts. each, #1.25 per 
doz.; extra strong clumps, 30 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. (See cut.) 
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. Add some leaf-mold. 25 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
•C. parviflorum (Small Yellow Lady’s-Slipper). This is one of the very best of the 
hardy Orchids for cultivation, growing about a foot high ; stem leafy, bearing at 
the top one or two very showy yellow flowers ; fragrant. It does exceedingly 
well in a rich, shaded spot where leaf-mold has been added, and should be left un¬ 
disturbed for several years. It will also thrive in the bog-garden, if not too wet. 
May to July. 20 cts. each. $1.50 per doz.; strong clumps, 40cts. each, $3 per doz. 
Cypripedium acaule 
