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and swamps the slender stems of Pogonia hold 

 erect the graceful pink-red blossoms, while not 

 far away perhaps one 

 may find the magenta- 

 red blossoms of Calopo- 

 gon with its curiously 

 bearded lip. And in 

 damp woods as well as 

 along the margins of the 

 swamps one may find the 

 lovely flower-stems of 

 the various Fringed Or- 

 chids, of which the large 

 Purple-fringed Orchis is 

 one of the most abun- 

 dant. 



LADIES' TRESSES. 

 During August and Sep- 

 tember the wet meadows 

 often abound with the 

 beautiful white spires of 

 the Nodding Ladies' 

 Tresses, another plant of 

 the Orchid family. Sev- 

 eral species are widely 

 distributed east of the 

 Mississippi river, extend- 

 ing north as far as Nova Scotia and south as far 

 as the Mexican Gulf. The leaves are long and 

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Photograph by Dr. H. H. Lams 

 FRINGED ORCHIS 



