. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY AND JUNE. 59 Snake's Mouth. Pogonia opMoglossoides, The snake's mouth is a pretty little orchid of a most deli- cate pure pink color, which may be found in swampy places if one does not mind getting the feet wet—no swamp, no snake's mouth ; that is my experience. The prettily formed lit- tle flower has a sweet smell, is about an inch long, or less, and should be examined under a glass. It blooms in June. The Calo- pogon pnl- chellus belongs to the same family group {Orchis) as the mocca- son flower, arethusa, and snake's mouth ; in- deed, th
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY AND JUNE. 59 Snake's Mouth. Pogonia opMoglossoides, The snake's mouth is a pretty little orchid of a most deli- cate pure pink color, which may be found in swampy places if one does not mind getting the feet wet—no swamp, no snake's mouth ; that is my experience. The prettily formed lit- tle flower has a sweet smell, is about an inch long, or less, and should be examined under a glass. It blooms in June. The Calo- pogon pnl- chellus belongs to the same family group {Orchis) as the mocca- son flower, arethusa, and snake's mouth ; in- deed, the latter is its ^ Galopogon. Snake's mouth. boon companion ; the two are most likely to be found in each other's company. The flower is a beautiful crimson Calopogou pul- 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 Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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