. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 67 three other orchises common in tlie foothills of the White Mountains—H. j>sycodes, small but sweet- scented magenta flow- ers ; H. lacera, home- ly pale greenish flow- ers ; and II. virescens, a spike of dull green- ish flowers ; these have been found in bloom in more or less wet ground from June 20th to July 24th. Showy Orchis, ^he showy orchis, OrcUs Gray says, is the only It is a pretty flower, the upper part purplish pink, and the lower lip white ; there are few blossoms on a stem—not more than three or four. The t
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 67 three other orchises common in tlie foothills of the White Mountains—H. j>sycodes, small but sweet- scented magenta flow- ers ; H. lacera, home- ly pale greenish flow- ers ; and II. virescens, a spike of dull green- ish flowers ; these have been found in bloom in more or less wet ground from June 20th to July 24th. Showy Orchis, ^he showy orchis, OrcUs Gray says, is the only It is a pretty flower, the upper part purplish pink, and the lower lip white ; there are few blossoms on a stem—not more than three or four. The two leaves are not ^'^""'^ °''''^''- unlike those of the hly-of-the-valley. The flower seems to me rather rare, as I have found but few specimens in the woods of the White Mountains. It generally grows in rich black soil made up of de- cayed leaves, and seems to prefer the deep and shady forest. Its time of flowering is May and \. 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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