Early August 



hang their spurred, delicate pockets ; these 

 are sometimes pale yellow, again deep 

 orange, spotted with reddish-brown. In 

 certain swampy woods and open marshes 

 we at last discover the feathery pink- 

 purple spikes of the smaller fringed orchis. 

 Summer seems well advanced when the 

 curved leafy stems of the Solomon's seal 

 and twisted-stalk are hung, the first with 

 blackish, the second with bright red ber- 

 ries. Except in the open fields fruits 

 now are more conspicuous than flowers. 

 Of the latter, in the woods, we note chiefly 

 the pink blossoms strung upon the long 

 leafless stalks of the tick-trefoil ; also a 

 somewhat similar-looking plant, the lop- 

 seed, whose small pink flowers are not 

 pealike, however, and whose leaves are 

 not divided, as are those of the trefoils. 

 The inconspicuous, two-petalled blossoms 

 and thin opposite leaves of the uninter- 

 esting enchanter's nightshade are abun- 

 dant everywhere. 



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