. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 66 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AND Fringed Orchis. plant, and consequently at- tracted, the attention and ad- miration of the eccentric Henry D. Thoreau, who speaks of it as a beauty " who has never strayed be- yond the convent ; His remark, it seems to me, applies rather to Arethusa, who is certainly much more of a recluse ; but in A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers he says, " ISTature seemed to have adorned herself for our de- parture with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of flow
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. 66 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OP FIELD AND Fringed Orchis. plant, and consequently at- tracted, the attention and ad- miration of the eccentric Henry D. Thoreau, who speaks of it as a beauty " who has never strayed be- yond the convent ; His remark, it seems to me, applies rather to Arethusa, who is certainly much more of a recluse ; but in A Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers he says, " ISTature seemed to have adorned herself for our de- parture with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of ; Now, this orchis is the very perfection of Nature's fringing in bright flower tints, and in my mind Thoreau's words some- how connect themselves with this lovely flower. It blooms in wet meadows in early summer. There are. 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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