VOL. III.] A Botanical Tramf. iir 



Prunus demissa greeted our eyes frequently along the stream we 

 were following. 



Purshia tridentata was out of bloom until we came to the higher 

 regions, and there we found the leafless bushes one mass of yellow, 

 fragrant bloom; at places the mountain sides seemed golden as they 

 were covered with this luxuriant plant. It is every way worthy of 

 cultivation. 



Geum stricium and iriflorian were frequently found, the latter 

 always attracting attention, both in bloom and fruit. The flowers 

 appear like drooping buds, and the erect plumose fruits are lovely 

 and graceful waving in the sunshine. 



Fragaria VirginicavAX. Illinoensis was very abundant on mount- 

 ain sides and parks. 



Of the Potentillas we meX. g/aiidulosa, Norvegica, rivalis \'ar. mil- 

 legrana, Pennsylvanica, Hippiana, gracilis, and Auserina. Rosa 

 Sayi and Arkansana were in bud, with here and there a bloom. 



One good sized tree of CraicEgiis Douglasii was met on the mount- 

 ain side in gorgeous bloom; mixed with the surrounding pines and 

 fir it seemed like a vase of Nature's own setting. 



A^nelancJiier ainifolia was mostly out of bloom and in fruit. 



As we climbed the mountain top we found Geranium incisuin, 

 and Richardsoni, Acer glabriivi, Trifoliiiin eriocepJialum, Rubiis 

 strigosus, and Astragalus campestris. 



In a bog on the mountain top we gathered fine specimens ot 

 Saxifraga integrifolia, and Camassia escidenta, whose fine bulb is 

 ■delicious and nutritious, and ought to be experimented upon as giv- 

 ing promise of a new and yaluable food product for our markets. 



The delicate Tellivia parviflora was eagerly gathered. Heucliera 

 cylindrica and parvifolia we found everywhere on the mountain 

 sides. 



Piiiladelphus Lezvisii was just making its appearance, and will 

 soon become valuable for export all over the United States as a 

 much prized shrub for lawns and gardens. 



The Ribes met with were R. oxycanthoides, lacustre, Hudsoiianum, 

 cereurn, viscosissiimiin, Jloriduni, sariguincuin var. variegatum and 

 aureum. Ribes viscosissiinum is a valuable low shrub, very fragrant. 

 Its range is very restricted. 



Museimnn trachyspermum, Siiim cicutcEfolitnn, Osmorrhiza nuda, 

 and occidentalism Zizia cordata, Psendocymopterus bipinnatus. Pence- 



