132 OUR NATIVE ORCHIDS 



by tearing up of the roots and superincumbent earth when 

 fresh trees are uprooted by storms." 



The place to look for it is in the primeval forest in Maine, 

 where the groves of fallen trees are wreathed with Twin- 

 flowers and Snowberry vines, where in the cold silence of 

 early summer it springs with its pointed heart-shaped leaf 

 from its little ivory bulb into radiant blossom in the evergreen 

 shade. 



