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Mexican species. Six of this number have been 

 collected iu Connecticut, and five grow in the Hoosac 

 Valley. 



The excursions which I have recorded in this book 

 were made particularly in search of orchids ; but I 

 have collected and observed all other flowers of interest 

 which grow in the region which I have traversed, for 

 the purpose of showing the natural environments of 

 orchids, and introducing their near neighbors of 

 swamp, forest, and rocky pasture-land. 



G. G. N. 



WiniAMSTowN, Massachusetts. 



