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Edward Gdlett, Souihrvick, Mass. — Hardy Orchids 
Cypripedium spectabile, continued 
peat or leaf-mold. It is also a good pot plant for the cool greenhouse, or where 
the air is not too warm or dry. Nothing can be more charming than masses 
of this plant seen in a great cedar swamp, its natural home. We counted 
over 1.000 blossoms at one time of this plant in our bog-garden last season, 
with several plants bearing three flowers on a stalk and many with two flowers. 
25 cts. each. S2.50 per doz.; strong clumps, (too heavy to mail). 50 cts. each. 
GOODYERA pubescens (Rattlesnake Plantain). 8 to 15 inches high; leaves clustered 
at the bottom, white, reticulated. Stem leaflets, about a foot higli, bearing a 
short spike of white flowers. Plant in a shadv place, with leaf-mold. It does 
quite well under evergreens, where there is good drainage; also in the rock- 
garden. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz. 
G. Menziesii. A plant larger than Pubescens and with leaves strongly marked with 
broad, white bands; very attractive, it does quite well in a sheltered bed of 
leaf-mold, and also in a cool greenhouse, planted in leaf-mold and moss. 25 cts. 
each. S2 per doz. 
G. repens. Flowers white, leaves smaller and markings not so bright. A sheltered 
leaf-mold bed is the proper place to plant. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
G. repens, var. Smaller than Repens, and the fine, hair-like markings of the leaf are 
uite distinct. Flowers white, 3 to 4 inches high. This is a bog-loving ])lant and 
oes quite well planted in clean sphagnum, awav from the water, but where it is 
constantly kei)t moist. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
HABENARIA blephariglottis (White-Fringed Orchis). A rare and beautiful 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 cts. each. $2 ])er doz. 
H. bracteata. Plant about 8 to 12 inches high, found in rich, moist shades, usually on 
mountain side; flowers greenish, small, several; leaf-mold soil. 15 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
H. ciliaris (Yellow Fringed Orchis). Growth similar to H. blephariglottis, but flowers 
are yellow and very fine. Takes readily to cultivation, and thrives nicely in moist 
garden soil or bog. 20 cts. each. $1.50 per doz. 
H. dilatata. Plant 1 foot high. Stalk leafv; 
flowers small, white, thickly covering 0 
to 8 inches of upper part of stalk. Found 
in rich, moist places in high mountains or 
bogs northward. Plant in moss in wet 
places. 15 cts. each. $1.50 per doz. 
H. hyperborea. 1 foot. Greenish flowers 
along upper part of stalk, same location 
as Dilatata. 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
H. Hookeri (Two-leaved Orchis). This plant 
has two large leaves growing flat on the 
ground, with a few small greenish flowers 
along the upper part of stalk. Found in 
well-drained leaf-mold, under evergreens. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
H. psycodes (Purple Fringed Orchis). Grows 
about IJ^ to 2 feet high, in wet or quite 
moist soil of muck or leaf-mold, bearing 
a spike of very showy purple flowers at 
the toj). 20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
LIPARIS liliifolia (Twayblade). About 4 
inches high, bearing a short raceme of 
purplish flowers. Plant in a well-drained 
soil; a shady bank is preferable. 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz. 
L. Loeselii (Green Twayblade). With green¬ 
ish flowers. This plant delights in a wet 
situation just at the edge of water. 15 
cts. each. $1.25 per doz. 
ORCHIS spectabilis (Showy Orchis). Leaves 
oblong, shiny, 4 to 5 inches long, near the 
ground. Stem 4 to 7 inches high, bearing 
a few pink, purple and white flowers. A 
choice little Orchid at home in rich, 
moist woods, usually near small mountain 
brooks; it likes a bed of leaf-mold. 15 
cts. each, -$1.25 per doz. CalopoRon pulchellu.s (nee page 57) 
