176 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 
Yellow Lady’s-slipper and the other the Small 
Yellow Lady’s-slipper. Both are wonderfully 
beautiful and have much the same contrivances 
for effecting cross-pollination that the Moccasin- 
~"F ~ | flower has. Apparently 
| they are chiefly pollenized 
_ by small bees. 
RAM’S-HEAD Lapy’s- 
SLIPPER. Another Lady’s- 
slipper is the curious 
Ram’s-head species, which 
is one of the rarest and 
most interesting of the 
group. It seems to be less 
known than any of the 
others and has been seen 
in its native haunts by 
very few people “T 
strongly suspect,” writes 
Mr. Baldwin, in his inter- 
esting Orchids of New 
f _ | England, “that some elf, 
YELLOW LaDy’s-stiPPER = sh avn g@ been refused a 
night's lodging in the cradle of the Pink Lady’s- 
slipper and faring no better on application to a 
Yellow Lady’s-slipper, originated the pert little 
Ram’s-head as a caricature of both.” 
Other members of the beautiful family of 
Orchids also bloom in early summer. In bogs 
