102 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



segments of a "fairy ring" and often have the odor of 

 ripe apricots. 



Among other colored plates of this species may be 

 mentioned Mcllvaine's "One Thousand American Fungi," 

 Plate 46; Peck's "Forty-eighth Report of New York 

 State Museum," Plate 32; and Taylor's "Mushroom's 

 of America," Plate 7. The species is found over most 

 of North America. 



THE ORCHIDS OF STONY PARK. 



BY LESTON A. WHBELER. 

 (ii^TONY Park is not an extensive tract of land such as is 

 -^ occasionally used for the preservation of wild life, or 

 for its natural wonders, neither is it the breathing place of 

 a city's multitudes; it is merely a small piece of land of 

 about two acres, adjoining the home grounds of a farmer, 

 far from the city's noise and dust. It is about half covered 

 with trees, mostly maple, and has a variety of soils and 

 situations, irom a dry knoll to shady woods, bog and a 

 small pond of dead water. There is no less than six or 

 eight out-croppings of ledge and many loose rocks, there- 

 fore it is well named. 



Last year (1903) I began a special studj^of our native 

 orchids and for further reference as well as for their beauty 

 I have set them in the park, as nearly as possil)ly in a 

 similar situation to that in wdiich they were found. In 

 this manner I have got in my collection at least sixteen 

 species and two varieties. Perhaps a few notes on the 

 different species may be of interest. 



Hahenaria orbiculata which is in bloom by July 6 is 

 quite common here and is one of my favorites, partly, no 

 doubt, from early associations as it has always been 

 highlv valued in our family on account of its leaves from 

 which we make an excellent salve. Thus has probably 

 originated two of its local names, heal-all and salve-leaves. 

 It is to be found in cool, moist woods of hardwood or but 

 slightly mixed growth, more frequently on the north side 

 of hills and ledges. I found it growing spontaneously in 



