42 FLOWERS: 
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!” 
Butterfly Orchis. 
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- 
