. My studio neighbors. Natural history. of this in the httle wild flower known as the d e V i r s - b 11 {ChamcElir'ium In tenm whose long, white, ta- pering spire of feath- ery bloom may often be seen rising above the sedges in the swamp. Two years ago I chanced upon a little colony of four or five plants at the edge of a bog. The flowers, all of them, were mere petals and stamens (B, Fig. 8). I looked in vain for a single stigmatic plant or flower; but far across the swamp, a thousand feet. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enha

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. My studio neighbors. Natural history. of this in the httle wild flower known as the d e V i r s - b 11 {ChamcElir'ium In tenm whose long, white, ta- pering spire of feath- ery bloom may often be seen rising above the sedges in the swamp. Two years ago I chanced upon a little colony of four or five plants at the edge of a bog. The flowers, all of them, were mere petals and stamens (B, Fig. 8). I looked in vain for a single stigmatic plant or flower; but far across the swamp, a thousand feet. 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 Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York and London, Harper & Brothers

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