l6o PINK TO RED 



to see acre upon acre covered with its beautiful bells, until the 

 slopes of the hills and the alpine meadows seem to be literally 

 clothed with a gk)rious robe of rose-red Heather, whose border 

 is embroidered with the White False Heather and White 

 Heath, the blue Speedwell and the yellow Arnica. 

 Many a traveller knows how true are the lines : 



•' When summer comes, tlie heather bell 

 Sliall tempt thy feet to rove" ; 



and many a man has echoed in his heart : 



" Here's to the heath, the hill, and the heather, 

 The bonnet, the plaidie, the kilt, and the feather; 

 Here's to the heroes that Scotland can boast, 

 May their names never die — that's a Highlandman's toast!" 



Truly a love for the Heath and the Heather is common to 

 all nations, and is the especial trait of all mountain climbers. 



B. intermedins, or Pink False Heather, is a much rarer plant 

 and is found in comparatively few localities. I first reported 

 it from the Selkirk Mountains in 1901, though it had previ- 

 ously been reported from the Rockies by Macoun, Drummond, 

 and Dawson. 



It is easily known to travellers by means of its lovely pale 

 pink bells. The foliage is ])recisely similar to that of /)". euipetri- 

 fonnis, but the flower differs in a few \'ery minor jxarliculars. 



SWAMP LAUREL 



/\(j///n't! i^/tiina. Heath Family 



Branches g!al)roiis, ascending. Leaves: opjiosite, nearly sessile, linear- 

 oblong, margins strongly revolutc. Flowers: in simple terminal umbels: 

 bracts large; sepals ovate, much imbricated, persistent. 



Yet another little shrub placed in this Section. Growing 

 usually about a foot higli, though frec|uentl\' onl\- a few inches 

 tall, it bears at the ends of its slender branches large clusters 

 of bright rose-red or magenta flowers, which have a five-lobed 



