Greatest display in the rich coastal plain is the fourth of July picnic of the savannah white orchids
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Item information
- Title:
- Greatest display in the rich coastal plain is the fourth of July picnic of the savannah white orchids
- Description:
- The greatest display in the rich coastal plain is the fourth of July picnic of the savannah white orchids. Caption from The natural gardens of North Carolina, 1932; From Natural Gardens (page 311): "Perennials, 1-2 ft. high, with white flowers in a spike ; petals smaller than the sepals; lip not fringed: leaves much reduced on upper part of stem. Wet woods, bogs, and marsh borders, chiefly eastern. Summer."
- Topics:
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Botany
- Subjects:
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Flowers
Savannas
Snowy orchid (Platanthera nivea)
- Original Format:
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Hand colored lantern slide
- Extent:
- 3.25 x 4 in.
- Item identifier:
- 0021036
- Photographer:
- Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978 more info on Wells, B. W. (Bertram Whittier), 1884-1978
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Landscape photographs
- Location:
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Big Savannah (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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B. W. Wells
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- B.W. Wells lantern slides (UA023.039) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
