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Bog-Trotting for Orchids · Grace Greylock Niles — chapter 3 of 81 · ~353 words · public domain

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The Fleur-de-Lis (Iris versicolor)* 28

The Fountain of Arethusa, near the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 30

Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) 32

The Carnivorous Plants, commonly called Pitcher Plants, and Dumb Watches (Sarracenia purpurea) 34

The Bogs of Etchowog, Showing the Dome in the Distance, Pownal, Vermont* 36

The Ram’s-Head Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum) 42

The Pink Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium acaule)* 48 This is the only two-leaved Cypripedium found in the Atlantic region. Colored

The Tall White Northern Orchis (Habenaria dilatata), near Arethusa’s Spring, Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 52 Colored

The Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis) 56 The first orchid of the spring, found near the rocky borders of the Thompson Brook, East Pownal, Vermont. Colored

The Small Yellow Fragrant Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium parviflorum)* 60 Colored

The Small White Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium candidum) 62 Colored

The Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers (Cypripedium reginæ), from the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 68

The Small Purple-Fringed Orchis (Habenaria psycodes) 72

The Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginæ)* 78 Colored

The Northern Gap, Showing the Taconic Mountains of Bennington County, from Mount Œta, Vermont. The Bennington Battle Monument towers to the left in the Distance* 86

The Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) 88 Colored

The Thompson Brook, East Pownal, Vermont 90

The Grass Pink (Limodorum tuberosum) 92 This is a strange, beautiful orchid with a straight seed-pod (ovary). Colored

The Perry Elm, Marking the Site of Fort Massachusetts, on the Harrison’s Flats, North Adams, Massachusetts, Showing Saddleback Mountain in the Distance 96

The Small Round-Leaved Orchis (Habenaria Hookeriana)* 100 Colored

The Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)* 104 Showing the plant nearly natural size. Colored

The Large Purple-Fringed Orchis (Habenaria grandiflora) 110 From lithograph in Meehan’s Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, 1: 1878. By permission. Colored

The Blackberry Blossoms from Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont* 112

The Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis), Rattlesnake Brook Swamp, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 116

“White, innocent twigs of apple”* 126

The Woodman’s Road through Rattlesnake Swamp, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 134

The Beautiful Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa) 144 Colored

The Rattlesnake Plantain (Peramium), a Group of Three Species Collected on Rattlesnake Ledge, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 150

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