Bog-trotting for orchids

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Author

Niles, Grace Greylock, 1864-1943

Original Publication

New York: G. P. Putnam's sons, 1904.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QK: Science: Botany

Subject

Orchids -- New England

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76463

Release Date

July 8, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Bog-trotting for orchids
2. 2.Preface
3. 3.Contents
4. 4.Illustrations
5. 5.FIRST SEASON
6. 6.I Off to the Hills of Berkshire and Bennington
7. 7.II Ball Brook and the Bogs of Etchowog
8. 8.III The Haunts of the Ram’s-Head Moccasin-Flowers
9. 9.IV The Stolen Moccasins
10. 10.V The Queen of the Indian Moccasin-Flowers
11. 11.VI Hail Storms at Etchowog
12. 12.VII Sweet Pogonias and Limodorums
13. 13.VIII A Colony of Ram’s-Heads in Witch Hollow
14. 14.IX Over the Huckleberry Plains
15. 15.SECOND SEASON
16. 16.X Westville Swamps and Mount Carmel, Connecticut
17. 17.XI May Showers and White Moccasin-Flowers
18. 18.XII Saucy Jays and Polypores
19. 19.THIRD SEASON
20. 20.XIII The Swamps and Hills of Mosholu and Lowerre, New York
21. 21.XIV The Swamp of Oracles—Hoosac Valley
22. 22.XV White Oaks and Gregor Rocks
23. 23.XVI Alpine Blossoms of the Dome
24. 24.XVII The Cascade and Bellows-Pipe, Notch Valley, Berkshire County
25. 25.XVIII The Natural Bridge of Mayunsook Valley, Northern Berkshire
26. 26.XIX Orange Mountains, and Salt Meadows, New Jersey
27. 27.APPENDIX NEW ENGLAND ORCHIDS — Orchidaceæ Orchid Family — Genera of Orchid Family in New England — I Cypripedium — 1.—CYPRIPEDIUM ARIETINUM R. Brown, 1813 — 2.—CYPRIPEDIUM REGINÆ Walter, 1788 ( Cypripedium spectabile Salisbury, 1791) — 3.—CYPRIPEDIUM CANDIDUM Willdenow, 1805 [66] — 4.—CYPRIPEDIUM HIRSUTUM Miller, 1768 ( Cypripedium pubescens Willdenow, 1805) — 5.—CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM Salisbury, 1791 — 6.—CYPRIPEDIUM ACAULE Aiton, 1789 — II Orchis — 1.—ORCHIS SPECTABILIS Linnæus, 1753 — 2.—ORCHIS ROTUNDIFOLIA (Pursh) Lindley, 1814-1835 [68] — III Habenaria — 1.—HABENARIA ORBICULATA (Pursh) Torrey, 1814-1826 — 2.—HABENARIA HOOKERIANA A. Gray, 1836 — 3.—HABENARIA OBLONGIFOLIA (Paine) Niles, 1865-1903 — 4.—HABENARIA OBTUSATA (Pursh) Richardson, 1814-1823 [69] — 5.—HABENARIA HYPERBOREA (Linnæus) R. Brown, 1767-1813 — 6.—HABENARIA MEDIA (Rydberg) Niles, 1901-1903 [70] — 7.—HABENARIA DILATATA (Pursh) Hooker, 1814-1825 — 8.—HABENARIA FRAGRANS (Rydberg) Niles, 1901-1903 [72] — 9.—HABENARIA BRACTEATA (Willdenow) R. Brown, 1805-1813 — 10.—HABENARIA CLAVELLATA (Michaux) Sprengel, 1803-1826 — 11.—HABENARIA FLAVA (Linnæus) A. Gray, 1753-1840 — 12.—HABENARIA CILIARIS (Linnæus) R. Brown, 1753-1813 [74] — 13.—HABENARIA BLEPHARIGLOTTIS (Willdenow) Torrey, 1805-1826 — 14.—HABENARIA HOLOPETALA (Lindley) A. Gray, 1835-1867 [75] — 15.—HABENARIA LACERA (Michaux) R. Brown, 1803-1810 — 16.—HABENARIA GRANDIFLORA (Bigelow) Torrey, 1824-1826 ( Habenaria fimbriata A. Gray, 1867) — 17.—HABENARIA PSYCODES (Linnæus) A. Gray, 1753-1840 — 18.—HABENARIA ANDREWSEII White n. sp. (per letter), 1903 — IV Pogonia — 1.—POGONIA OPHIOGLOSSOIDES (Linnæus) Ker, 1753-1816 — 2.—POGONIA TRIANTHOPHORA (Swartz) B. S. P., 1800-1888 [76] — 3.—POGONIA VERTICILLATA (Willdenow) Nuttall, 1805-1818 — 4.—POGONIA AFFINIS Austin, 1867 [77] — V Arethusa — 1.—ARETHUSA BULBOSA Linnæus, 1753 — VI Gyrostachys — 1.—GYROSTACHYS ROMANZOFFIANA (Chamisso), MacMillan, 1828-1892 — 2.—GYROSTACHYS PLANTAGINEA (Rafinesque) Britton, 1818-1896 — 3.—GYROSTACHYS OCHROLEUCA Rydberg, Britton’s Manual . 300, 1901 [78] — 4.—GYROSTACHYS CERNUA (Linnæus) Kuntze, 1753-1891 — 5.—GYROSTACHYS SIMPLEX (A. Gray) Kuntze, 1867-1891 [79] — 6.—GYROSTACHYS GRACILIS (Bigelow) Kuntze, 1824-1891 — VII Listera — 1.—LISTERA CONVALLARIOIDES (Swartz) Torrey, 1800-1826 [81] — 2.—LISTERA AURICULATA Wiegand, 1899 [82] — 3.—LISTERA CORDATA (Linnæus) R. Brown, 1753-1813. — VIII Peramium — 1.—PERAMIUM REPENS (Linnæus) Salisbury, 1753-1812 — 2.—PERAMIUM PUBESCENS (Willdenow) MacMillan, 1805-1892 — 3.—PERAMIUM MENZIESII (Lindley) Morong, 1840-1894 [83] — 4.—PERAMIUM OPHIOIDES (Fernald) Rydberg, 1899-1901 — IX Achroanthes — 1.—ACHROANTHES MONOPHYLLA (Linnæus) Green, 1753-1891 — 2.—ACHROANTHES UNIFOLIA (Michaux) Rafinesque, 1803-1808 — X Leptorchis — 1.—LEPTORCHIS LILIIFOLIA (Linnæus) Kuntze, 1753-1891 — 2.—LEPTORCHIS LOESELII (Linnæus) MacMillan, 1753-1892 — XI Calypso [84] — 1.—CALYPSO BULBOSA (Linnæus) Oakes, 1753-1842 [87] — XII Corallorhiza — 1.—CORALLORHIZA CORALLORHIZA (Linnæus) Karst, 1753-1880-1883 — 2.—CORALLORHIZA ODONTORHIZA (Willdenow) Nuttall, 1805-1818 — 3.—CORALLORHIZA WISTERIANA Conrad, 1829 [88] — 4.—CORALLORHIZA MULTIFLORA Nuttall, 1823 — XIII Tipularia [89] — 1.—TIPULARIA UNIFOLIA (Muhlenberg) B. S. P., 1813-1888 [90] ( Tipularia discolor , Nuttall, 1818) — XIV Limodorum — 1.—LIMODORUM TUBEROSUM Linnæus, 1753 ( Calopogon pulchellus R. Brown, 1813) — XV Aplectrum — 1.—APLECTRUM SPICATUM (Walter) B. S. P., 1788-1888 [92] ( Aplectrum hyemale Nuttall, 1818) — TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS.
28. 28.FOOTNOTES
29. 29.INDEX
30. 30.BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY — THE HOME LIFE OF WILD BIRDS — BIRD STUDIES — OUR INSECT FRIENDS AND FOES — AMONG THE MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES — THE SHRUBS OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA — THE VINES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA — THE TREES OF NORTHEASTERN AMERICA — WILD FLOWERS OF THE NORTHEASTERN STATES — FIELD BOOK OF AMERICAN WILD FLOWERS — NATURE STUDIES IN BERKSHIRE — LANDSCAPE GARDENING — ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS — FIELD BOOK OF WILD BIRDS AND THEIR MUSIC

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