. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. "^f It. PRINCF'S IMNK, I'll'SLSSLWA. PI/ATE 89. CHIMAI'HILA UMBHLLATA. iHhATH FAMILY. S/ftn I'tfcl /xuti n ilfiiilii f'/'tHK n>iil-sl«< t. tin/i. MilKtrlli: ^â ,/â ⢠u-luith Iff/tiHr fir /fTV, Ihirk, shilling atutir. o/imiitf iii'ni-<i/,iti. \hitiplv vmft: p,l,its Hvelals, ' cream colored, tinged with purple.' which is turned towards the beholder, while the face is ^* towards the eirlh, is the It is a very pretty little chandelier of a flower, fit to adorn the fo
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. "^f It. PRINCF'S IMNK, I'll'SLSSLWA. PI/ATE 89. CHIMAI'HILA UMBHLLATA. iHhATH FAMILY. S/ftn I'tfcl /xuti n ilfiiilii f'/'tHK n>iil-sl«< t. tin/i. MilKtrlli: ^â ,/â ⢠u-luith Iff/tiHr fir /fTV, Ihirk, shilling atutir. o/imiitf iii'ni-<i/,iti. \hitiplv vmft: p,l,its Hvelals, ' cream colored, tinged with purple.' which is turned towards the beholder, while the face is ^* towards the eirlh, is the It is a very pretty little chandelier of a flower, fit to adorn the forest floor. Us buds are nearly as handsome. They appear to b': loujj in unfoldinj;. " The species of Chimaphila, ne-ir relatives of the wiMterHTeeii, belong, in the fitness of things, to .\merica. They hariMonize well with the peculiar life of our j;reat forests. Thiy would be out of phicc in lCny;laud or in ICgypt A beautiful little plant is the Prince's Pine, worthy of its aspiriujj name. The dark, shininj; leaves,â " I do not know any leaf so wet-i^," saysTlioreau,âsurmounted by the little cluster of pink imriile llowers, make a siuKularly elegant coudiinatiou. The I'rince's Pine, or lei us call it by the Indian name, I'ipsissewa, is tound over the whole breadth of North America from the .\Hantic to the Pacific, ecpially at home in the forests of the Ivast and of California. Cliimaftltila means " winter loving ;" the leaves are evergreen. CALOPOGON. PIU' III II fililili-it II III t:i,' stiiiithiHi: Mil/rs lit hiiSf. iitlil a il>ii;ti' /.>//./C'' fiit/: Imt Im ,»!â¢â¢ Ill lit! \tintniit lit tlif iiit/if. iTiy ini'^iitiii. pink iitiii fimfiti- r-tiiriii'iiiii/i\ fiitmllrl'tviueil, ijciili- III tiiilli ,â Jfoiirrs. V, have ma-iv beautiful orchids in Nor'h America, even outside the tropics. These northern orchids rchidace;e is the C;dopogon. It has no graceful foliage to enhance its charms. The single grass-like leaf, is
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