FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
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Not a bird- warble rises among the green trees, 
Nor a sweet-murmured kiss of the leaves by the breeze; 
And the clouds that repose on the breast of the sky 
Are like isles all asleep in blue waters that lie. 
Not a dew-drop is heard from the rose-leaves to fall ; 
How profound is the quiet that broods over all ! 
And am I the sole spirit, that, watching, doth keep 
The eye from a slumber so potent and deep ? 
Ah, no ! there’s an eye that for ever is bright — 
A spirit that sleeps not by day nor by night — 
An eye, whose wide glance can the universe trace — 
A spirit of love that is boundless as space ! 
On the flower-bosomed earth, in the star-spangled sky, 
And farther than light-pinioned fancy can fly, 
That spirit is felt like a life-giving flame — 
That bright eye is beaming for ever the same ! 
Then let me not deem, though all nature’s asleep, 
That alone in the silence my vigils I keep ; 
For that eye on me smiling in goodness doth shine, 
And that spirit delights to hold converse with mine. 
0. latifolia, L. Marsh Orchis. H. 368, B. 291. — F. 
June. P. 
Moist woods and marshy places frequent, occasionally with 
white and rose-coloured flowers. 
O. maculata, L. Spotted palmate Orchis. H. 368, B. 
290. — F. June, July. P. 
Moist shady woods, marshy ground, and wet pastures, not 
uncommon, and frequently with white flowers. 
Gymnadenia, Br. Gymnadenia. 
Br . sp . 1. F . 1. 
G. conopseci , Br. Fragrant Gymnadenia. H. 368, B. 
291. — F. June, July. P. ( Orchis , L.) 
Plentiful on heaThs, moors, and in woods, throughout the 
county, scenting the air with a powerful fragrance similiar to 
that of the Jonquil. It occurs with pale rose-coloured flowers, 
as in woods near Pitairlie Den, west from Monikie. 
Habenaria, Br. Habenaria. 
Br . sp . and v . 4. F . 3. 
H. viridis , Br. Green Habenar, or Frog Orchis. H. 
369, B. 292. — F. June, July. P. ( Satyrium , L. Peri- 
stylus , Lindl. Himantoglossum, Beich.) 
