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FLO WERS, 



And may not e'en a simple flower 



Proclaim his glorious praise, 

 Whose fiat only, had the power, 



Its form from earth to raise ? 



Then freely let the blossom ope 



Its beauties to recall 

 A scene which bids the humble hope 



In Him who died for all ! " 



In the same coun- 

 tries where the Night- 

 Blooming Cereus and 

 the Passion - Flower 

 wreathe their bright 

 blossoms among the 

 forest - trees, may be 

 seen many other cu- 

 rious and interesting 

 plants ; among them 

 is a tribe known as 

 Orchises or Orchids; 

 these, like the Cereus, 

 are often found grow- 

 ing upon the trunks 

 and branches, and 

 sometimes in such 

 quantities, as almost to deprive the tree of the nou- 

 rishing sap intended for its support. If we should 

 attempt to describe the multiplied forms and color- 

 ings of these air-plants, it would cost the labor of a 

 lifetime. They mostly consist of rough unsightly 

 bulbs, which, for about one-half the year, lie appa- 



Butterfly Orchis. 



