WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
the manner of the powdered Colonial dames of old, 
fascinates us with her incomparable grace and loveli- 
ness as she executes a proud courtsey to each passing 
breeze. The general description of the stalk, leaves 
and blossoms of her golden flowered sister, the Yel- 
low Fringed Orchis, applies very generally to the above 
species. The present Orchid, however, is inclined to 
be more delicate and somewhat smaller in all parts. 
It is also rather more common, and the soft, feathery 
flowers blossom a few days earlier where the two bloom 
side by side, as they very frequently do. The White 
Fringed Orchis blossoms during July and August, in 
bogs and swamps, from Newfoundland to Minnesota, 
and south to Florida and Mississippi. 
NODDING LADIES’ TRESSES 
Sptranthes cérnua. Orchid Family. 
Throughout the glorious autumn, when the summer 
verdure gradually assumes the most beautiful variations 
of yellow, scarlet, and brown, and after most of our 
wild flowers have ceased their floral activities, this 
latest blooming Orchid, like the lovely Blue Gentian, 
suddenly realizes its sense of duty and blossoms as 
gaily as though the birds were just returning with the 
spring. It is also one of the very commonest of its 
family. It grows from six inches to two feet in height, 
in wet meadows and grassy swamps. Several long, 
narrow, lance-shaped leaves spring from the base of 
the stalk, but usually disappear before the flowering 
season. Those on the upper stalk are much reduced 
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