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SHOWY ORCHIS. 
flowered and many-bracted spike; the bracts are dark-green, 
sharp-pointed, and leafy; the root a bundle of round white fibres; 
the leaves, two in number, are large, blunt, oblong, shining, 
smooth, and oily, from three to five inches long, one larger than 
the other. The flowering time of the species is May and June. 
Our forest glades and boggy swamps hide many a rare and 
precious flower known but to few ; among some of the most beau¬ 
tiful of this interesting group of plants, we might direct attention to 
the elegant and rare Calypso borealis, Pogonia triphoria, and 
Pogonia pendula. The beautiful Grass Pink, Calopogon pulchellus, 
with many others of the Orchidacem tribe, may be regarded 
as flower gems to be prized alike for their exquisite forms and 
colouring as for their scarcity. 
These lovely Orchids, transplanted to the greenhouse or 
conservatory, would be regarded as objects of great interest, but 
are rarely seen and little valued by the careless passer-by, if he 
chances upon them in their forest haunts. 
