ORCHIDS AM.) CYl'kll'KDUM. 



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dashed in a reckless way, past Julian 

 Island, past Rockland Cove, to Turtle 

 Point. 



It must have been a delightful expe- 

 rience and sensation. The voyagers 

 were momentarily silent. They had 

 something more to think of just then, 

 and more important, perhaps, than the 

 blood-curdling howls which they were 

 capable of producing. It was a relief, 

 as I could still faintly hear a gentle 

 swelling music from the crystal bells, 

 as the water broke over them and the 

 canoes floated above them, setting them 

 into a mad peeling as they tossed in 

 the foam. 



I was now convinced that these pad- 



"What are you having here?" 



"Fun!" 



"What do you live on, if I may ask?" 



"Vittles !" was the complete and ex- 

 plicit explanation. 



"What do you see here? I know that 

 my presumption is great, but what do 

 you see here?" 



"Things !" 



I shouldered my camera and my im- 

 plements of warfare, and without an- 

 other word, retreated from the jungles of 

 the Hoang Ho, wishing that there could 

 be more boys to form such camping par- 

 ties, and thinking well of them, not- 

 withstanding their impetuosity and ex- 

 cess of animal spirits. 



ORCHIS SPECTABILIS. 



Transplanted from the woods to the back yard. 



dling creatures were boys, and that I had 

 little to fear from a closer approach, per- 

 haps an actual contact. My muscles, too, 

 w r ere becoming cramped by my long stay 

 in the dendron, as I am not so young as 

 I once was. 



The boys had returned to Jimmie at 

 the camp. I descended and approached 

 them, with some caution, yet with much 

 confidence, too, for a boy is a loveable 

 animal after you have smoothed him 

 down in the correct way. 



Perhaps my touch was not sufficiently 

 delicate. To Timmie, who was still ^en- 

 tly dripping in spots, while the others 

 grinned and emitted rhythmical yells 

 and screeches, I said : 



ORCHIDS A>D CYPRIPEDIUM. 



BY PROF. WM. WHITMAN BAILEY, BROWN 

 UNIVERSITY, PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



When visiting a conservatory of choice 

 exotics, we are usually most attracted by 

 the singular and beautiful orchids. It 

 is a rather curious fact that while genus 

 "Orchis" gives its name to the vast and 

 noble Orchis family, it contains, in our 

 flora, but two species, and these by no 

 means so common as examples of other 

 genera. 



The one of these illustrated in our 

 figure is Orchis spcctablis, the showy 

 orchis so-called, though as a matter of 

 fact, not nearly so handsome as certain 

 "Habenarias." While not a rare plant, we 



