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HARDY NATIVE ORCHIDS 
Native Orchids are admired by everyone. Provided 
with their individual requirements, these beautiful 
plants of our woodlands can be easily grown in your 
garden. 
CYPRIPEDIUM acaule, Pink Lady Slipper. This plant 
sends up two broad, green leaves from the base, and 
from between them comes a stalk about 10 inches high, 
bearing a single large, showy rose-pink flower. Plant 
in a well-drained acid soil with plenty of leaf-mold. 
Seems to favor a mulch of pine-needles. Semi to deep 
shade. 
50c each. 3 for $1.25. 10 for $3.00. 100 for $25.00. 
CYPRIPEDIUM parviflorum, Small Yellow Lady Slipper. 
A small form of the following. 1 ft. 
60c each. 3 for $1.50. 10 for $4.50. 100 for $35.00. 
CYPRIPEDIUM pubescens. Yellow Lady Slipper. The 
flower of this orchid is borne on a stalk 12 to 15 inches 
high, light yellow with bronze spiraled petals in May. 
Prefers rich acid soil, in a moist: well-drained wood- 
land garden. 
60c each. 3 for $1.50. 10 for $4.50. 100 for $35.00. 
CYPRIPEDIUM reginae (C. hirsutum, C. spectabile), 
Showy Lady Slipper. The finest and most showy of all 
our orchids. It grows 1 to 2 feet tall, bearing along 
the stalk several large roundish leaves, and on top, 
large rose-purple or white flowers. Plant in a partly- 
shaded, moist bed with plenty of leaf-mold or peat. 
60c each. 3 for $1.50. 10 for $4.50. 100 for $35.00. 
GOODYERA pubescens, Rattlesnake Plantain. An or- 
chid with a low cluster of leaves, dark green with 
white netting. A small interesting plant for a dry shady 
place. The flowers are small and white, borne on a 
stem 8 to 10 inches high. Especially effective planted 
in groups. 
50c each. 3 for $1.00. 10 for $3.00. 100 for $25.00. 
HABERNARIA ciliaris, Yellow Fringe Orchid. Orange 
yellow blossoms on | to 2 ft. stems in late summer. 
Moist garden soils in semi-shade. 
75c each. 3 for $2.00. 10 for $6.00. 
HABERNARIA fimbriata, Large Purple Fringe Orchid. 
Fragrant lavender flowers in July. Prefers a damp spot 
among Ferns. 75c each. 3 for $2.00. 10 for $6.00. 
ORCHIS spectabilis, Showy Orchis. A 6 to 10 inch 
Orchid with white and light purple, fragrant blossoms 
in June. Plant in a rich shady location. 
75c each. 3 for $2.00. 10 for $6.00. 
POGONIA ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia. The pink 
fragrant flowers are borne on 8 to 10 inch stems in 
June. Prefers wet places in sphagnum moss or leaf- 
mold. 50c each. 3 for $1.25. 10 for $3.00. 
SPIRANTHES cernua, Nodding Ladies Tresses. White 
flowers on 6 to 8 inch stem from grass-like leaves in 
Autumn. Acid soil in open woods. 
75c each. 3 for $2.00. 10 for $6.00. 
