pink WILD FLOWERS 



wet meadows and swampy recesses, where its 

 beautiful patches of colour may be found swaying 

 above the tall grasses during June and July, 

 from Newfoundland to Florida, and west to 

 Ontario, Minnesota and Missouri. 



ARETHUSA 



Arethusa bulbosa. Orchid Family. 



Winsome indeed are the large, solitary, rose-purple 

 blossoms of this locally common Orchid, which blooms 

 during May and June, in bogs and swamps where 

 most people are not likely to wander. It is named 

 after the beautiful nymph, Arethusa, whom the God- 

 dess Diana transformed into a fountain to avoid the 

 ardent attentions of Alpheus, the river god, who had 

 fallen in love with her. The Arethusa is a spurless 

 Orchid, closely related to the Pogonia, and has a deli- 

 cate, violet-like fragrance. The smooth, slender stalk 

 rises from five to ten inches high from a small bulb 

 and bears from one to three loose, sheathing bracts. 

 The long, slender, many-ribbed and grass-like leaf is 

 solitary, and appears after the flowering period. The 

 flower is nearly erect and is borne singly on the tip 

 of the stalk from between a pair of small scales. Two 

 of the sepals are spreading, while the other one 

 with two petals is somewhat arched. They are 

 all partly united and nearly alike. The conspicuous, 

 drooping lip has a broad, rounded, and recurved 

 apex, which is toothed or fringed, blotched with 

 purple, and ridged with three white, hairy crests. 



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