ed by holding the glass in the hands and tender plants like the Indian 
Pipe or ripe grapes may be printed if the blue print paper is not pressed 
too tightly against them. But care must be taken not to let plant or 
paper move or it will destroy the edges just as it would a photographic 
negative. A short experience will illuminate all these points and repay 
effort a thousandfold. Bertha E. Jaques. 
Unique Show at Boston 
One of the most wonderful Wild Flower Exhibits ever seen was 
that held in Boston on April 23rd and 24th. This Exhibit was due to 
the energy and generosity of Mr. Albert Burrage, President of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and also President of the Ameri- 
can Orchid Society. Mr. Burrage has long specialized in Orchids, and 
especially native Orchids. 
From the forty-eight species known to grow in New England 
there were twenty-five living species at Horticultural Hall. Some were 
represented by only one bloom; others were shown in large groups. 
The Exhibit of two days covered a three months' period of natural 
flowering. Many of the orchids were skillfully forced for this Exhibit, 
lifted for the time being, to be returned later to complete their growth. 
As the visitor entered the hall a whiff of pine-scented air greeted 
his nostrils; before his eyes met a forest scene almost impossible to 
believe. Not only was the ground covered by pine needles, but the 
trees that shed them. White Pines, Hemlocks, Junipers, Cedars, were 
there, some specimens being thirty feet high, A path beneath these 
trees led to various Orchids clumped with ferns, on to a rocky dell, 
where, under Osmunda Regalis, Iris, Cypripedium acaule, sedges and 
moss, the shimmer of water, and then a rocky pool was seen, fed from 
smaller basins above. And, can you believe it, the notes of a wild bird 
were heard. 
Let me mention a few of the treasures that were revealed there, 
all growing in the habitats to which they were accustomed. 
Yellow and pink Lady Slippers and the Ram's Head Lady Slipper, 
the Cypripedium aureniium, with its whitish pouch covered with 
wooly hairs. 
The Cypripedium speciabilis, or Showy Lady Slipper, was there 
in a large group — a fine sight for those of us who know how rare it is 
and how fast it is disappearing. No Orchid from foreign shores can 
excel it. 
The Habenarias, or Fringed Orchis, were in the meadow ground, 
in the spongy soil which they prefer. 
The Spiranthes Romans ojjiana, the Hooded Ladies ' Tresses, which 
is the latest New England Orchid to bloom. 
The Goodyera family, represented by the Downy Rattlesnake 
Plantain and the G. tesselata — the latter being very tiny. 
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