Illustrations
Reading edition
The photographs in this list marked thus * were taken by Miss Katherine Lewers, the others by the author. The coloring is the work of the author. Of the fifteen genera of Orchidaceæ in New England, all save Listera, Tipularia, and Aplectrum are represented in these illustrations.
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The Pink Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium acaule)* Frontispiece
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The Large Yellow Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium hirsutum)* 4
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The Botanizing Can, or Vasculum, Showing the White-Petaled Lady’s Slipper and Maiden-Hair Fern* 8
Mount Greylock’s Brotherhood—the Berkshire Highlands, from Mount Œta, Bennington County, Vermont, Showing the College Town of Williamstown in the Valley* 10
The Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, the Entrance to Hoosac Tunnel, North Adams, Massachusetts 14
Source of photograph unknown.
Ball Brook, in the Swamp of Oracles, Pownal, Vermont* 18
The Showy Lady’s Slipper—the Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers (Cypripedium reginæ)* 24
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The Fleur-de-Lis (Iris versicolor)* 28
The Fountain of Arethusa, near the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 30
Round-Leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) 32
The Carnivorous Plants, commonly called Pitcher Plants, and Dumb Watches (Sarracenia purpurea) 34
The Bogs of Etchowog, Showing the Dome in the Distance, Pownal, Vermont* 36
The Ram’s-Head Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum) 42
The Pink Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium acaule)* 48
This is the only two-leaved Cypripedium found in the Atlantic region.
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The Tall White Northern Orchis (Habenaria dilatata), near Arethusa’s Spring, Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 52
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The Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis) 56
The first orchid of the spring, found near the rocky borders of the Thompson Brook, East Pownal, Vermont.
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The Small Yellow Fragrant Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium parviflorum)* 60
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The Small White Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium candidum) 62
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The Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers (Cypripedium reginæ), from the Bogs of Etchowog, Pownal, Vermont 68
The Small Purple-Fringed Orchis (Habenaria psycodes) 72
The Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginæ)* 78
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The Northern Gap, Showing the Taconic Mountains of Bennington County, from Mount Œta, Vermont. The Bennington Battle Monument towers to the left in the Distance* 86
The Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides) 88
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The Thompson Brook, East Pownal, Vermont 90
The Grass Pink (Limodorum tuberosum) 92
This is a strange, beautiful orchid with a straight seed-pod (ovary).
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The Perry Elm, Marking the Site of Fort Massachusetts, on the Harrison’s Flats, North Adams, Massachusetts, Showing Saddleback Mountain in the Distance 96
The Small Round-Leaved Orchis (Habenaria Hookeriana)* 100
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The Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)* 104
Showing the plant nearly natural size.
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The Large Purple-Fringed Orchis (Habenaria grandiflora) 110
From lithograph in Meehan’s Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, 1: 1878. By permission.
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The Blackberry Blossoms from Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont* 112
The Yellow Clintonia (Clintonia borealis), Rattlesnake Brook Swamp, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 116
“White, innocent twigs of apple”* 126
The Woodman’s Road through Rattlesnake Swamp, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 134
The Beautiful Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa) 144
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The Rattlesnake Plantain (Peramium), a Group of Three Species Collected on Rattlesnake Ledge, Mount Œta, Pownal, Vermont 150
The Snowy Dogwood Blossoms, from the Hills of Mosholu, New York* 158
1. Indian Pipes (Monotropa uniflora); 2. Pine-Sap (Monotropa Hypopitys) 164
The Snow-Plant of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (Sarcodes sanguinea)* 166
Motherless Baby Whippoorwills* 176
A Colony of the Small Yellow Fragrant Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium parviflorum) in the Glen of Comus, District Fourteen, Pownal, Vermont* 178
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The Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia) 184
The Gregor Rocks, Hoosac Valley, from Pownal Centre Road, Vermont* 188
The Pot-Hole of Wash-Tub Brook, Pownal, Vermont, Showing the Stream Whirling through its Basin 190
An Ancient Pot-Hole, Showing an Erstwhile Revolving Stone, Located on the Granite Ridge, near the Wolf’s Den, Bronx Park, New York City* 194
The Bluebells of New England (Campanula rotundifolia)* 196
Three Rare Ferns from Gregor Rocks and Wash-Tub Brook Region, Pownal, Vermont: 1. Rue-in-the-Wall Spleenwort (Asplenium Ruta-muraria); 2. Purple-Stemmed Cliff-Brake (Pellæa atropurpurea); 3. Walking Fern (Camptosorus rhizophyllus)* 198
The Rocking Boulder, Located on the Granite Ridge near the Bear’s Den, in the Zoölogical Garden, Bronx Park, New York City 200
A pressure of fifty pounds causes this boulder to move about two inches.
From photograph by George Stonebridge.
The Red Wood Lily (Lilium Philadelphicum) 210
The Cascade of Notch Brook, at the Base of Mount Greylock’s Brotherhood, North Adams, Massachusetts 212
Notch Valley and the Bellows-Pipe, North Adams, Massachusetts. Mount Greylock towers up on the right, and the Ragged Mountains on the left hand 218
The Marble Arch of the Natural Bridge, North Adams, Massachusetts 228
The Star-Blossoms of the Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia Caroliniana), and the Ladies’ Tresses 234
The Hoosac River, Pownal, Vermont* 238
The Fragrant White Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium Montanum) 242
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The Showy Moccasin-Flower (Cypripedium reginæ)* 244
This is the most gorgeous Cypripedium in the world, and without doubt one of the most ancient types of the genus.
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The Pink Moccasin-Flower—the Stemless Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)* 246
Showing the structure of the pendulous and bi-lobed labellum, and the processes of the sepals and petals.
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The Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)* 248
The first orchid of the season, showing the hooded fold above the orifice of the spur, and the processes of the flowers on the bracted scape.
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A Group of Three Species of Genus Habenaria: 1. The Tall Northern Green Orchis (Habenaria hyperborea); 2. The Tall Northern White Orchis (Habenaria dilatata); 3. The Large Round-Leaved Orchis (Habenaria orbiculata)* 250
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The Spikes of Habenaria (Habenaria Andrewseii and Habenaria psycodes) 252
The Small Bog Orchis (Habenaria clavellata) 254
Andrews’ Rose-Purple Orchis (Habenaria Andrewseii) 258
The Beautiful Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa) 262
Showing the structural parts of the flower, the single leaf, and bulbous root.
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The Hooded Ladies’ Tresses (Gyrostachys Romanzoffiana) 264
The Nodding Ladies’ Tresses (Gyrostachys cernua) 266
The Slender Ladies’ Tresses (Gyrostachys gracilis) 268
The Haunts of the Rattlesnake Plantain (Peramium) amid the Pines and Spruces of the Domelet, Pownal, Vermont 270
The Green Adder’s-Mouth (Achroanthes unifolia) 272
The Large Twayblade (Leptorchis liliifolia) 274
Northern Calypso (Calypso bulbosa) 276
From lithograph in Meehan’s Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States, 1: 1878. By permission.
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The Coral-Root (Corallorhiza) 280
The Grass Pink (Limodorum tuberosum) 282
A beautiful grassy-leaved orchid found in company with the dainty Rose Pogonia, and frequently with the rarer Arethusa in wild cranberry marshes.
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Epiphytes, or Air Plants. A Corner in the Orchid House of the Botanical Gardens of New York City* 284