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(f!^nciMum Ipapilio majUS. Natural Order: Orchidacecc— Orchis Family. 



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LORISTS have had tlieir interest much aroused by a very 

 Lxpensive class of plants called Orchids, partly on account 

 of their curious and beautiful flowers, and partly because 

 of their strange manner of growth and individual appear- 

 ante They are divided into two classes, terrestrial and aerial. 

 ^-j>i> The aerial ones are confined chiefly to tropical climates, 

 some growing in damp woods, resting on trees, while others 

 aie found on dripping rocks among mountains and near water courses. 

 The large Butterfl}^ Orchis is one among the finest of that family 

 known as Oncidium. and is a native of Trinidad. The blossom has 

 the form of a butterfly, from which it takes its specific name papilio, 

 a Latin word having the same significance. In color the flower is 

 of a dark brown striped or barred with yellow. The large projection, called the 

 lip, is yellow at the center with a brown edge or margin. The flowers come 

 successively from the old flower-stems tor years, one coming continuously to 

 supply the place of the faded one. 



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'pHE vallev rings with minh ;ind 

 Among the hills the echoes pla 

 \ ne\'er, never ending song, 



To welcome in the May. 

 The magpie chatters with delight: 



The mountain raven's voungling 



■s, or can destroy, 

 . and the heartfelt joy. 

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Have left the mother and the nest; 

 And they go rambling east and west 



In search of their own food; 

 Or through the glittering vapors Hart. 

 In verv wantonness of heart. 



'HE weak have remedies, the wise have joys; 

 .Superior wisdom i> superior bliss. -I'oi 



A LITTLE of thy merriment. 

 " ^ Of thy sparkling light content, 

 Give me, my cheerful brook, — 

 That I mav still be full of glee 



And gladsomeness where'er 

 Though fickle fate hath pris( 

 In some neglected nook. 



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