90 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



to ten inches high. Both of these species are 

 parasites upon the roots of trees, which accounts 

 for their lack of the green coloring matter, called 

 chlorophyll, which is characteristic of plants that 

 get their own living from the earth and air. 



Look ! white Indian pipes 



On the green mosses lie ! 

 Who has been smoking 



Profanely so nigh ? 

 Rebuked by the preacher 



The mischief is stopped, 

 But the sinners, in haste, 



Have their little pipes dropped. 

 Let the wind, with the fragrance 



Of fern and black birch, 

 Blow the smell of the smoking 



Clean out of the church ! 



Clara Smith. 



