AN UNDERGROUND FLOWER 





May 26th 



stroller in the moist May woods will well 

 / / remember those mauve-winged blooms among 



J_L the moss that seem to flutter in the breeze, 



like a brood of 

 tiny purple butterflies with 

 fringy tails, or in a shel- 

 tered nook appear to have 

 settled in a swarm among 

 the winter- green leaves. 

 " False winter- green " the 

 plant is commonly called, 

 its leaves bearing a slight 

 resemblance to those of 

 the aromatic checkerberry. 



It is one of our oddest 

 and prettiest -spring flow^ 

 ers ; in its very singular 

 shape quite suggesting an 

 orchid, with its two spread- 

 ing petals and deep laven- 

 der^colored tasselled sleeve. 

 But, indeed, it has long 

 been laughing at us in that 







