EVENING PRIMROSES IN 

 YOSEMITE VALLEY . 



In favorable seasons the tall, stately Evening Primrose appro- 

 priates to itself certain fields in Yosemite Valley, converting 

 them into masses of yellow bloom. The flowers open in the 

 early evening, displaying great yellow disks which fairly star- 

 tle one as he comes upon them in the quiet of the twilight 

 hours. Before the following day has far advanced the petals 

 fold together and droop until evening again comes on. The 

 field here shown is in the upper part of Yosemite Valley. 

 The prominent tree to the left is a California Black Oak. 

 To the right, near the foot of Glacier Point, a vigorous 

 Yellow Pine is outstripping its neighbors. Between these 

 trees one looks straight up the Merced Canon to the Pano- 

 rama Cliff, somewhat more than a mile away. 



