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Edward Gillelt, Soafhrrick, Ma.sti . — Hardy Orchids 
NYMPHjEA odorata (Sweet-scented Water Lily). This plant is too generally known to 
need description. Its large, fragrant white flowers are well worth the trouble required 
in growing them. Where no pond or slow-flowing stream is near at hand the plant may 
be grown in a large tub partly filled with rich mud or clay, the roots planted in this and 
the tub filled with water. For planting in a lake, a stone can be tied to the root and 
thrown to the place where they are to be grown, or pressed into the mud with a stick. 
Plant in water 2 to 5 feet, or below frost. They are very easy to establish. 20 cts 
each, SI.50 per doz. 
PELTANDRA Virginica (Water Arum). Leaves on long petioles, sometimes like a calla 
in outline, with greenish flowers, growing a foot or more out of the water. Plant in 
water, a foot deep in mud. 1.5 cts. each, S1.25 per doz. 
PONTEDERIA cordata (Pickerel Weed). Flowers blue; grows in water about a foot deep; 
quite often in sand, in ponds or slow streams. Flowers small but numerous, raised 8 
to 12 inches above the water. Common throughout \ew England. For massing, 
plant 18 inches apart. 25 cts. each, S2.00 per doz.; by express, SI.50 per doz. 
Hardy Orchids 
The Orchids of New England, for the most part, are shade-loving plants, and delight 
in a soil well drained and largely composed of leaf-mold. While the common border plants 
are not particular as to soil they like the open sun and are exposed to the drying winds; 
but these little Orchids require altogether a different treatment, both in soil and position. 
Cypripedium acaule (see page 60) 
