MAY, JUNE, AND JULY. 



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three other orchises common in the foothills of the 

 White Mountains — H. psycodes, small but sweet- 

 scented magenta flow- 

 ers; H. lacera, home- 

 ly pale greenish flow- 

 ers ; and H. mrescens, 

 a spike of dull green- 

 ish flowers ; these 

 have been found in 

 bloom in more or less 

 wet ground from June 

 20th to July 24th. 



-. - -. The showy 

 Showy Orchis. •' 



Orchis Gray says 



spectahUis. ^^^^ OYdhl^ 



It is a pretty flower, the upper 

 part purplish pink, and the lowei 

 lip white ; there are few blossoms 

 on a stem — not more than three 

 or four. The two leaves are not ^^^^'^ °'"'^''- 

 unlike those of the lily-of-the-valley. The flower 

 seems to me rather rare, as I have found but few 

 specimens in the woods of the White Mountains. It 

 generally grows in rich black soil made up of de- 

 cayed leaves, and seems to prefer the deep and 

 shady forest. Its time of flowering is May and 

 June. 



