42 OUTDOOR STUDIES 
abundant species, like the present, retains the 
family traits in its person, and never loses its 
high-born air and its delicate veining. I know 
a grove where it can be gathered by the hun- 
dred within a half-acre, and yet I never can 
divest myself of the feeling that each specimen 
is a choice novelty. But the actual rarity 
occurs, at least in this region, when one finds 
the smaller and more beautiful Yellow Moc- 
cason Flower, — Cypripedium parvifiorum, — 
which accepts only our very choicest botanical 
locality, the “ Rattlesnake Ledge” on Tatessit 
Hill, and may, for aught I know, have been the 
very plant which Elsie Venner laid upon her 
schoolmistress’s desk. 
June is an intermediate month between the 
spring and summer flowers, Of the more deli- 
cate early blossoms, the Dwarf Cornel, the 
Solomon’s Seal, and the Yellow Violet still lin- 
ger in the woods, but rapidly make way for 
larger masses and more conspicuous hues. The 
meadows are gorgeous with Clover, Buttercups, 
and Wild Geranium; but Nature is a little 
chary for a week or two, maturing a more abun- 
dant show. Meanwhile one may afford to take 
some pains to search for another rarity, almost 
disappearing from this region, — the lovely Pink 
Azalea. It still grows plentifully in a few se- 
questered places, selecting woody swamps to 
