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and swamps the slender stems of Pogonia hold 
erect the graceful pink- red blossoms, while not 
far away perhaps one 
may find the magenta- 
red blossoms of Calopo- 
gon with its curiously 
bearded lip. And in 
damp woods as well as 
along the margins of the 
swamps one may find the 
lovely flower-stems of 
the various Fringed Or- 
chids, of which the large 
Purple-fringed Orchis is 
one of the most abun- 
dant. 
Lapies’ TRESSES 
During August and Sep- 
tember the wet meadows 
often abound with the 
beautiful white spires of 
the Nodding Ladies’ 
Tresses, another plant of 
the Orchid family. Sev- 
eral species are widely 
distributed east of the diccgrapn ty DriH.H. Lamson 
Mississippi river, extend- FRINGED ORCHIS 
ing north as far as Nova Scotia and south as far 
as the Mexican Gulf. The leaves are long and 
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