1 20 Bog-Trotting for Orchids 



Vacinia,^ because their berries were little. The ancient 

 writers recognized the black, white, and red fruited 

 species. The white was seldom seen, however, while 

 the red also was rare. The true English name for 

 these berries in the sixteenth century was * * whorts ' ' 

 or ** whortleberries. " The black whorts grew com- 

 monly in many woods in England, in June and July. 



After wandering through these swamps on the 

 Domelet for two or three hours, and securing some 

 fine roots of the Pink Moccasin- Flower for the New 

 Haven garden, we slowly walked back toward our 

 horses in the shaded vale, up and over ledges and roll- 

 ing hills, passing a ridge of outcropping marble. We 

 finally sat a while and drank in the cool mountain 

 breeze, catching here and there through the trees 

 the varied panorama of the great world below and the 

 clouds above us. Distant sounds from human abodes 

 rose to our ears faintl}^, — such as the engine whistle of 

 the ** Wild-cat " Express as it wound through the deep- 

 cut valley of the Hoosac, nearly a thousand feet below 

 us, westward beyond Mount CEta. On one of these 

 marble ridges, along the plains, I found several plants 

 of the Large Round-Leaved Orchis {Habenaria orbi- 

 culata). 



We drove homeward by way of White Oaks Road, 

 — southward along the entire summit of the Domelet, 

 — getting an excellent view of the Hoosac and Green 

 Rivers, following their serpentine windings about the 



^ Vacinium comes from Baccinium^ and "was derived from 

 BacccB — Dodoens, Hist. PL, 1578. 



