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tains, and at very high altitudes. It is a wonderful sight 

 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 glorious robe of rose-red Heather, 

 whose border is embroidered with the White Mountain 

 Heather and White Heath, the blue Speedwell and the yel- 

 low Arnica. 



Many a traveller knows how true are the lines : 



" When summer comes, the heather bell 

 Shall 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. 



Bryantlnis intermedins, or Pink Mountain Heather, is a 

 much rarer plant and is found in comparatively few locali- 

 ties. I first reported it from the Selkirk Mountains in 

 1 90 1, though it had previously 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 precisely similar to that of B. 

 empetriformis, but the flower differs in a few very minor 

 particulars. This plant is probably a hybrid. 



RED BEARBERRY 



Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi. Heath Family 



Diffusely much branched, and rooting at the nodes. Leaves: oblong- 

 spatulate, obtuse, tapering into a short petiole. Flowers: few, in short 



