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common, yellow senecios (S\ lugens, Rich., and S. suhnudns, DC) 
and white flowers of various species. Zygademis elegans, Pursh., 
Antennaria carpathica, R. Br., Trifolium longipes, Nutt., Polygonum 
z>iviparum^ L., Parnassia fimbriata. Banks, and Habenaria hyperborea^ 
R. Br, Pedicularis was represented by several species, /*. Grotnlan- 
^//ra, Retz, P. bracteosa^ Benth., and P, racemosa^ Dougl. Valeriana 
eduhs^ Nutt., is a characteristic bog plant of the region. Hidden by 
this luxuriant growth were the more modest Slellarice {S. borealis. 
Big., S. longipes^ Goldie, S. umbellata, Turcz., S. crassifolia, Ehrh,) 
and Androsaces (A. filiformis, Retz, A, septen(rionaiis^\..). One of 
the most striking plants was a large cream-colored IVyeihia {IV, 
helianthoides, Nutt.), the species upon which Nuttall founded the 
genus. ^ Grasses there were in abundance, many of the most nutriti- 
ous kinds: the native timothy {P /ileum alpintan^ L.), Deyeuxia 
Langsdorfii^ Trin., the blue joint of the region, Poa Nevadensis, 
Vasey, var. glatica^ V. & S., a characteristic meadow grass, several 
species of Bromus {B, brevaristatus^ Hook., B. ciliaius, B. Kalmii^ 
Gray), Danthonia^ Melica^ Trisetum, Fesiuca^ Glyceria, etc., all of 
which our horses and mules seemed to appreciate highly in the odd 
moments they snatched from fighting the myriads of gnats and im- 
mense horse-flies during the day time and the equally numerous and 
more persistent mosquitos at morning and evening. On the ascent 
of Mount Holmes the following day, new beauties and varieties in the 
flora met our gaze on every hand. The little streams tumbling down 
the grassy slopes of the mountain side were bordered with flowers 
growing with weed-like luxuriance, waist deep, blue Mertensice {M, 
Sibirica, Don.), yellow Aquilegice (A. flavescens, Wats.), white and 
crimson geraniums {G, Richardsonii, F. & M., G. incisuju, F. & M. , the 
showy Mimulus Lewissii, Pursh., and above all waved the wand-like 
stems of aconites and larkspurs {Aconilum Fischeri and Delphinium 
^copulorum, Gray). On the borders of the scattered groves of fir were 
banks of melting snow, and over the cold wet ground around them 
were growing several pretty little alpine plants. Two clovers {Tri- 
folium Parryi, Gray, and T, Kingii, Wats.), a dwarf Ranunculus \\\\\i 
j3-rge, golden-yellow flowers {R, affinis, R. Br.), a prostrate Mertensia 
KM^ alpina, Don.) and a delicate little aster very appropriately bear- 
'^g the name of Aster pulchellus, Eaton. 
A steep ascent of several hundred feet brought us upon an elevated 
plateau where a scene of great beauty burst upon our view. Spread 
out before us was a magnificent natural flower-garden, vivid scarlet 
^nd crimson CastilleicB vied with purple lupines and carpet-like 
"masses of snow-white phlox {P. Douglasii, Hook.) mingled with 
golden-yellow and orange flowers of every shade, Helianthella Doug- 
lasii^ T, & G., Ivesia Gordoni, T. & G., Sedim stenopetalum, Pursh., 
^rnicas and Aplopappi. A large-flowered Townsendia (T. Parryiy 
Eaton) was a conspicuous feature of the flora. Besides these there 
^vere Clematis Douglasii^ Hook., the pretty Cerastiumarvense, L., and 
^^igerons and asters of several species. On reaching the bare summit 
^f the mountain at an altitude of 10,000 feet, wx stood for some mo- 
"^^nts gazing upon the panorama of the Park spread out before us. 
^o the southward extended a rolling sea of dark green forest, broken 
