xii Illustrations 



PAG I 



The Ram's-Head Lady's Slipper {Cypripediunt arietinuni) 42 

 The Piuk Moccasin-Flower {Cypripediuni acaule) * . .48 

 This is the only two-leaved Cypripedium 



found in the Atlantic region. 

 Colored 

 The Tall White Northern Orchis {Habenaria dilatata), 

 near Arethusa's Spring, Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, 



Vermont 52 



Colored 

 The Showy Orchis {Orchis spedabilis) .... 56 

 The first orchid of the spring, found near the 

 rocky borders of the Thompson Brook, 

 East Pownal, Vermont. 

 Colored 

 The Small Yellow Fragrant Moccasin-Flower {Cypripe- 

 dium parvifloruni) * 60 



Colored 

 The Small White Moccasin-Flower {Cypripedium candi- 



dujn) 62 



Colored 

 The Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers {Cypripedium 



regincB), from the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 68 

 The Small Purple-Fringed Orchis {Habenaria psycodes) . 72 

 The Showy Lady's Slipper {Cypripedium regince)* . . 78 



Colored 

 The Northern Gap, Showing the Taconic Mountains of 

 Bennington County, from Mount CEta, Vermont. 

 The Bennington Battle Monument towers to the left 



in the Distance* 86 



The Rose Pogonia {Pogonia ophioglossoides) ... 88 



Colored 

 The Thompson Brook, East Pownal, Vermont ... 90 

 The Grass Pink {Limodorum tuberosum) .... 92 

 This is a strange, beautiful orchid with a 



straight seed-pod (ovary). 

 Colored 

 The Perry Elm, Marking the Site of Fort Massachusetts, 

 on the Harrison's Flats, North Adams, Massachusetts, 

 Showing Saddleback Mountain in the Distance . . 96 



