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Gentiana detonsa in July. Lobelia Kahnii was blooming in the hot 

 water. Many parts of this park have lost their beauty from the 

 continuous forest fires. The Canadian Pacific Railroad employs 

 watchmen whose sole duty is to guard against these fires. Dig- 

 ging shows that such fires have ravaged this region since times 

 before history. The blackened ground is slowly covered by fire- 

 weed {Epilobium angustifoliuw), and, after the charred trees have 

 fallen, by vigorous young growth of balsam spruce and pine. The 

 abundant painted-cup disputes with the fireweed the position of the 

 most showy flower of the region. An interesting visit to Lake 

 Louise and neighboring glaciers was described, also to Mirror 

 Lake, with altitude of 6480 feet. Great numbers of crossbills 

 were met near the glacier, feeding upon pine-cones ; three colum- 

 bines, Aquilegia, were close to the snows, with Ledum latifolium, 

 Penstcmon Menziesii, Valeriana Sitkensis and Arnica cordifolia. 

 Habcnaria hyperborea was everywhere through the woods. The 

 moss-campion, Silene acaulis, covered dry rocks, with long tap- 

 root going down three feet or more to water. Strangely enough, 



Cassiop, 



tifli 



Lyell's larch grew 



higher up the mountains than any evergreen, and its bright green 

 was already turning now in August to its autumn yellow. 



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in the Rockies, the club adjourned. 



Edward S. Burgess, 



Secretary 



