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Symplocarpus foetidus, Skunk-Cabbage

Identifier: nativeflowersfer01meeh (find matches)
Title: The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Meehan, Thomas, 1826-1901
Subjects: Wild flowers -- United States Ferns -- United States
Publisher: Boston : L. Prang and Co.
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
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is interesting to note that, while most of the true Orchisesof Europe have a tuberous root in addition to the fibres, ourspecies has fleshy fibres only. In the foreign species, there are apair of these tubers, one of the past and the other of the presentseasons growth, the one growing out of, and seemingly beingsupported by the other, and at length appearing to draw wholly 56 ORCHIS SPECTABILIS. SHOWY ORCHIS. out the parents life. On this Darwin, in his Botanic Garden,has the following exj^ressive lines: — With blushes bright as morn fair Orchis charms,And lulls her infant in her fondlins: arms ;Soft plays affection round her bosoms throne,And guards his life, forgetful of her own. Our illustration is from a Pennsylvania specimen. A useful starchy product is obtained from the roots of someof the European species of Orchis; but our species is of noknown value to man, unless, as some good thinkers will have it,mere beauty is as essential as the more material things of life. Vol. ?Lf.
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