The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-15

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orchid Family.
We have as yet found only twc s,..s..
OF the orca.d family.
orchiS speciabSlis. or snowy orchid -.
two obiong. oboVate. light green. &c.
leaves five inches long fren the rot -.
a leafy bracted scape eight inches hsss
bearing spike Of very fragran, -
purple flowers. Z IS 81 beautiful plan, 81
not common.
CoraIlorhixa odortorhiza or corsl.,n.
gets its name from the shape Of TIA 80.
which resemble branches OF coral, nA
no leaves bu; sends up a p.RSisa. rm,,.
bracted flower scape from eight ia =,
teen inches high. bearing pretty now,r.
An old miner said he used 10 get ~ J,
pound for the dried roots OF this -.
when he was boy in Pennsylvania
Lily Family.
There are twelve members OF tn n,
family found here.
Triliium grand.fiorum. or great flaxs.,s
trilIium IS very common. judging from 4.
many common names one hears fs-
But It is also very pretty. the three la,rs
white petals changing 20 8 beautiful ~
color with age.
NeratrGIn vlride. or American white NJ.
iebore. has the local name Of wild corn
Is a stout. homely plant. with large. thsf.
ly-set plated leaves and terminating h
branching pinacles OF yellowish srss
flowers. Roots very poisonous.
Ciintonia hereaiis var. alhitiora, or mona
tain lily. is one Of the cary fowery =
spring and very pretty with its giossF
green leaves and white blossoms.
Prosarses ian1ginosa, or hanging isEs
is a tall. much branched plant with sesxsh
leaves and the branches terminating Ia
cluster of short pedicelied ben-shapes
greenish white flowers, usually only IN
on branch, in midsummer.
Streptopus amplexifolius, or twiea
stalk. is peculiar for the little curl shn
is in the flower stem.
Streptopus roseus is not so large. ssa
has merely a bend in the flower s,er1
Flowers are pretty but very small.
Smilacina bifolia, or false So.emon's Ca,
Is the one exception OF the lily family b
having it's parts in fours. 1t Is a delicats
little plant; its raceme Of small vh;a
flowers are very fragrant.
Smilacina stellata is coarser and has Z
more leafy stem, with d loose racema a
few flowers.
Smilacina racemo has leaves five ineAa
long, and dense though small clusters q
white flowers.
red lily, Is quite common In July. "
specimen has six lilies on the stem.
Fritillaria ---, or guinea hen AoWa
blossoms in May. 1t grows from eight 70
twenty inches high, has several whoF:s 4
shiny lanceoIate leaves and terminates n
a cluster OF dark purplish-brown nowes
with greenish spots, peduncles very shert
The flowers have q very disagreeahle oauf
and there is a fly found on them HAVING
the same peculiar odof.
Hemerocallis fiava, or yellow day Ill.,
the first name meaning beauty OF q day.
Is one of the prettiest lilies. also the mos
fragrant. Up In the beautiful, Silver guck
a half mile from SIlverton, one day In Jn5
We saw these lilies in bloom, forming
belt about eight inches wide along he
side OF the gulch where the snow had
melted the day before almost as thick
as they could grow, having two hs.kh
shiny, linear leaves and a slender lsafNa
scase bearing from one to three pretty
yellow flowers with slender. wavy diyitoss
Just peeping through the snow that M
, melting were the buds that would Mocn
the following day. and above us Tor ~
eral yards we could estimate from the ~
pearance OF these lilies just how much
snow had melted each day, the one
farthest up having ripened their seeds asa
died down.
Grasses.
have only one specimen OF sedge an
three of the grass family, hut have CO..
lected for bouquets between twenty-five
and thirty varieties. some Of them YER
beautiful
HorsetaiIs.
There are four varieties Of the horsetsa
family here.
Il, ,rfr e4suA 4
several feet In length. not branching. h
cuticie containing slick. IT is used b. "
Indians for securing metals.
Equisetum arvense. or common hcssssaa
fertile stem, one of the earliest PAM
spring. Is not branching. the sterile S!sn
later producing many whorls OF rga
leaves.
Eauisetum sylvaticum, or woodlsA
horsetaii, both the fertile and the stess
stems producing many whorls of gracfa
branches.
stems all alike branching many tins.
Have not seen IL in fruit. 1t grew ID
low, wet place.
have only eight specimens of the st:s
family. owing TO the difficulty in determstr
Ing them. but hope TO make the erypst
gamous plants n special study this Sun
Tner, and shall add many more varieties
ferns.
Poiypodium incanum, or .icorice fen
grows mostly IN thu moss on maple trees
Its root is much used in medicine.
Pteris longifolia, or long brake. -
rather pretty evergreen sterile frosh
lying in the ground.
Aspdium patens. or small shield fesE
is quite pretty.
Aspidium MOLE is the shield fern y
see so often in the greenhouse.
Aspidium acrosticholdes. or large ever
green fern, is very pretty for winter dec
rations.
Ad.antum pedantum, or naidenhasr fen
Is common
There are two others / have rot is
names for. one very large and tree-lip'
and the other the most delicate little fen
| from Silver gulch.
Club Moss.
We have two species OF the club mas
family.
Lycopod!um iuc!dulum. or club moss
tufted and has It's fructiflcation n fh
| axiies OF the leaves.
Lycopodium compiana sum has two is1a
common names-ground pine and assss
antiers, from It's branching stems. II -
beautiful evergreen vine for winter dsrv
| rat.ons. It's fructidcatlon is on sssH
| raised above the ordinary branches on :
| slender stalk, which gives Ii an cd ~