Front matter
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“I enter a swamp as a sacred place.”—Thoreau
BOG-TROTTING FOR ORCHIDS
By GRACE GREYLOCK NILES
With Illustrations from Nature
G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York and London The Knickerbocker Press 1904
Copyright, 1904 by GRACE GREYLOCK NILES
Published, April, 1904
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO GENEVIEVE FARNELL IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF HER AID AND ENCOURAGEMENT
The Pink Moccasin-Flower. (Cypripedium acaule.)
“One true-born blossom, native to our skies, We dare not claim as kin, Nor frankly seek, for all that in it lies, The Indian’s moccasin.” Elaine Goodale.