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The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)

University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 138

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glossy, green leaves to the height oftwelve inches and often bears six beautiful, palepurple flowers, nearly an inch long. The Habenaria group has an arrangement ofmany small flowers clustered on a tall spike orwand. The lip is often deeply cut or fringed, andthe color may be white, yellow, rose… … THE RATTLESNAKE-PLANTAIN IN THE EVERGREENS.A single flower is shown enlarged in the sketch. orchis often grows five feet tall, and its featherymass of bloom forms a superb and decorativefeature of the August swamps. The Pogonia, ArctJuisa, and Limodorum groupsgrow along grassy lake shores and among…

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