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October, 1919 
and the plants can be had for the hunting 
them up. 
Have mercy in digging wild plants. Take 
no more than will be actually cared for, so 
they may not be exterminated. 
There is also the Habenaria division of the 
orchis family, probably the handsomest of 
our native orchids, found growing in bogs 
or low grounds. These include H. fimbriata, 
larger purple fringed orchid. H. psycodes, 
smaller purple fringed orchid ; H. lacera, 
ragged fringed orchid, and others. These 
require peaty beds with ample moisture, but 
are worth the trouble given them when they 
are successfully grown.— E. C. Vick, in Gar- 
deners’ Chronicle. 
The Fringed Gentian. 
The Fringed Gentian which grows 
in a comparatively restricted territory 
is one of the most beautiful of Ameri- 
can wild flowers. Artists credit it with 
possessing a perfect form and being in 
color, a true “ sky blue.” 
The Fringed Gentian has been the 
theme of beautiful poems, the best 
known being written by Bryant. 
The plant which is generally found 
in wet locations is a late bloomer, Sept, 
to Nov. The petals of its large deep 
blue flowers are daintily fringed, and 
on cloudy days and at night twist so 
as to close the flower. Because this 
beautiful flower is so rare, to find it is 
an event to the nature lover. 
The following little poem was in- 
spired by the finding of the first Fringed 
Gentian of the season : B. B. H. 
A PRESSED FRINGED GENTIAN. 
By Melvina Berbert Hammond. 
(Aged nine years.) 
Beside a crystal spring 
An azure Gentian stood 
It was the loveliest thing 
Within the leafy wood. 
A little maiden came 
And plucked it by its stem, 
She called it by its name 
And carried away the gem. 
Today it may be seen 
Carefully pressed and dry 
The leaves are still as green 
The blue is like the sky. 
In addition to the Blue Gentian article by Wilbur 
A. Christy on page 86 of the September issue, we are 
pleased to be able to give our readers additional 
matter on this subject by Mrs. Hammond and her 
little daughter as above. We hope it will lead to a 
hunt for the Blue Gentian by those who love nature 
study. 
Flowers. 
How the universal heart of man blesses 
flowers ! They are wreathed around the 
cradle, the marriage altar, and the tomb. 
The Persian in the Far East delights in their 
perfume, and writes his love in nosegays ; 
while the Indian child of the Far West claps 
his hands with glee as he gathers the abun- 
dant blossoms— the illuminated scriptures of 
the prairies. The Cupid of the ancient 
Hindus tipped his arrow with flowers, and 
orange-flowers are a bridal crown with us— 
a nation of yesterday. Flowers garlanded 
the Grecian altar, and hang in votive wreath 
before the Christian shrine. Flowers should 
deck the brow of the youthful bride, for they 
are in themselves a lovely type of marriage. 
They should twine round the tomb, for their 
perpetually renewed beauty is a symbol of 
the resurrection. They should festoon the 
altar, for their fragrance and their beauty 
ascend in perpetual worship before the Most 
High— Mrs. L. M. Child in The Fra. 
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