The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 138
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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