, 1877-06-02

Which distinguish It at slahco from iho COIN
mon masses. one fnatinctl7elr recognizes tn
ous orean,xatior That An Orchid IA n rcnrcsent.
au'e o' tfioe elevated abo'e their teI!o"a ~
A superior position Is universally accorded 10
tna on1rr l,y hotan,sfn. WIN lav, f-N,nf1 . ma.
interesting .l,iv IN the ,hnorn,i fo,a,. .ns
.'ts' e* . nsa' a.'olnia' sos""' .nu
many years the strange conformation Of
the stamcns and plstils was nisunder-
stood, and Il was not Until Francis
na,,cr ruh,;,hc,,. ,,r.wccn ,7os .n;, 1an7 ~.
9esalts Of ms patlenk 1nFest'gat'ons' that tile
truth regarding the character and position Of
these organs vas revealed. In 1910 Ur. Brown
elaborated the subject Ia Ills Iro<iro,n,.; and
'A@s w. ''ho,ey pFouusea oinpislo tssa.'As
on the dr2aulzatlon Of the orchids, entitled
"lIlustrattons OF the Ofchidaceous Plants"
Early III hi, research into the wonders of the
rotn,ol wnr,,, f,.r,sn aave c.nc.ss, .tten,Ion ~
~" 1., N.,. -. W
| this lcmar*ao'e oFaei' anu pt"ooeeu "ofR ~
voted to . consideration OF tile singular meth
obs BY which tho different species securn the
| benefits Of cro,s-fefttlixatior,. His book hns
lately been revised, and Is now, under the name
Of ''fest!lizattun of Orvhias," !" accessible TO tho
| American rcades.
The family .se widely distributed oycr tho
tic Xrrtic Zones. In Euruf,e, Asia, and North
| America, they inllablt inttlfcrently the woods,
are rarely OF never .ouud IN dry situations; but,
| at tho Cape, they Gourlsh as IN ali
parts Of tho continents Just mentioned.
Yet II ls In The moist a1r Of the Torrll Zone
| variety. In tile East and West Indies, Il. afa,i-
sguscar and adjacent ,slnnls, au,l In Mexicy,
Central America, and Hrazll they add q most
striking feature t0 the novel and 1osety forms
~ khA~
herbs or shrubs. IN warm climates, great
number are vtnea, or LANES as they arc called,
which. creeping to thu top Of tile lottiest for-
est,trees, t'lrre outspfead their carpet Of
TINT nfo visible only to tie lneects and btr,ta
which wing their flight through the sunshine
mtlway between the clouds and the earth.
/ Many Ut the species supslst wholly upon the
and, throwing out clusters Vi leaves, and stenls
OF Snowy blossoms. repay tho simple gift
Of pont Of support Will, wealth Of beautiful
oFna'nentatiot'. sti1a!e one u these epiphstcs
not venture no1ti! Of tic latitude of South Car
oi!na- Suspended hy q string from the ceiling
Of q room, these .air.p1ants will tlrive for
chaa aud sui'J; Js;an, a,' rIe9e e' dic1eas :peccs
houses. Sofse iarc specimens II tic epipbyttc
i5ian.snschsl'i - on N Cottage Grove ssenue. Tie
wood, around wIIcl, they trine their roots, and,
being In 1n1d-air, durirc all their 1.uurishment
from, the constituents Of the atmosphere. Year
after yenr they live lu tllis manner, and annually
Uuc of tic ,nnrSetl cl!aracterisiics OF liz Ut.
ciids IL the csccutrlctty Of thcf shapes. As II
scycllug III the cheats Of q masquerade, they
siahulatc the forms Of animals OF various orders.
TIDE Dcc-Orcl,ls, the Fjy-Orc!1ls, tho Lizard
Orcsle, md others, are 10 named from their
really notable resemblance to insect or RIP
TIE. The rusty nowurs OF tho epicuipa cillata
l0ok verify like Iong-leZycll spiders resting on
iastica, poised on fthe end OF y scapo
from twcivct u eighteen lnclee long, and lnoy-
lng with Tic breeze, dceeycs keen cyc into tic
belief tl,at 1t Is an Insect, with wings expanded,
apccics "rcininls The observer OF a grinning
monkey; whilst another resembles an opera.
dancer Suspended By the head" Every con-
celYahle variety Vt form Is taken by tho flowers