Southwick, Mass. 7! 
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. 
CALOPOGON puchellus, Grass-pink Orchid. Deep pink 
Orchid flowering in June. 1 ft. Prefers to grow in bogs 
and wet places. 
50c each. 3 for $1.25. 10 for $3.00. 
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 1 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. 
HABERNARIA pyscodes, Small Purple Fringe Orchid. 
Similar to above but somewhat smaller with paler 
flowers. 
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. rf 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. 
