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anemones, wild rhubarb blossom, 4 feet high, and the plumed head 
of that lovely flower. Geum Triflorum, made a charming contrast to’ 
the innumerable shades of green of the foliage. As one looked into 
the different ‘‘coolies” and “hollows” in the prairie in passing, it 
appeared to be like a rich carpet of most exquisite workmanship 
and colouring, but far, far more beautiful. 
Upon the 7th July we reached Edmonton, and it became apparent 
that we were getting much farther to the north, as the days were so 
long and the nights so very short. I was surprised to hear from the 
proprietor of the hotel at Edmonton that upon the Sunday previous 
to our arrival he had put green peas from his own garden upon the 
table for his guests at dinner. J was not so much surprised however 
to see what he showed me the same evening we arrived, and that was 
half a field of beautiful potatoes cut off by the summer frosts and 
looking as black as ink alongside the other half, which had escaped. 
It was just as if some one had taken a ruler and drawn a line from 
one corner of the field to the other, and then painted one half black 
and the other green. I was very much disgusted with the cold and 
windy weather that we had at this point. It was impossible to col- 
lect butterflies and moths, and I was not at all sorry to start off again 
for the south. 
On July 16th we reached Calgarry on the return trip. Here I 
met some old friends, and on the 19th July started off for Fort Mac- 
leod. This was a very interesting part of the trip, as we stopped at 
several ranches, amongst them “ Oxley Ranche,” the property of Mr. 
Staveley Hill and other English gentlemen, and the ranche of Mr. 
Stinson at High River. I must not forget to mention that at all the 
ranches I stopped at on my long journey and at all the posts of the 
Hudson Bay Co., I received the greatest hospitality, likewise from 
the N. W. Mounted Police. Whilst amongst the ranches I learned 
that the cow-boy’s whip was called a “ Quoit ;” the rope for catching 
horses in “corral” is called a “ Mecarte,” a ‘“ Lariet” being a grass 
rope for the same purpose. ‘‘ Chaps” or ‘“chaparellos,” are the lea- 
ther breeches or leggings used for riding, and so on. 
On July 24th I spent a rare day of collecting at Pincher Creek, 
being then the guest of Lieut.-Col. Macleod ; also three or four days 
following I did good work, taking Argynnis Clio, Argynnis Artonis, 
as well as many rare Coliade. 
