. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. ORCHID FAMILY 177 and swamps the slender stems of Pogonia hold erect the graceful pink-red blossoms, while not far away perhaps one ] may find the magenta- red blossoms of Calopo- gon with its curiously bearded lip. A n d in damp woods as well as along the margins of the swamps one may find the lovely flower-stems of the various Fringed Or- chids, of which the large Purple-fringed Orchis is one of the most abun- dant. Ladies' Tresses. Durin
. Wild flower families; the haunts, characters, and family relationships of the herbaceous wild flowers, with suggestions for their identification. Botany. ORCHID FAMILY 177 and swamps the slender stems of Pogonia hold erect the graceful pink-red blossoms, while not far away perhaps one ] may find the magenta- red blossoms of Calopo- gon with its curiously bearded lip. A n d in damp woods as well as along the margins of the swamps one may find the lovely flower-stems of the various Fringed Or- chids, of which the large Purple-fringed Orchis is one of the most abun- dant. Ladies' Tresses. During August and Sep- tember the wet meadows often abound with the beautiful white spires of the Nodding Ladies' Tresses, another plant of the Orchid family. Sev- eral species are widely distributed east oi the Mississippi river, extend- ing north as far as Nova Scotia and south as far as the ]\/[exican Photograph by Dr. H. H. Z-amso?t FRINGED ORCHIS The leaves are long and 13. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weed, Clarence Moores, 1864-1947. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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