MOUN'l'AlN FLOWKRS i ;;(, 



White flushed with rose toloiir ;irc these tiin rounded 

 flowers, constricted at the throat, and ,j;i\in;;- forth a laint 

 sweet odour. 



"Oh! to l)e friends with the liehens, the low, ereepin;^ vines 

 and the mosses, 



There elose to he ; 

 Gazing aloft at eaeh pine-phmie that airih-, pla\ fuliv t(jsses 

 "Neath the hlue sky." 



Doubtless the name Bearlx'rr\ is dei-ixed from the fact that 

 Bruin is very fond of the fruit of the Antostaphylos, though 

 with small game birds, and especialh' _^rouse, it is also a favour- 

 ite article of food. The Indians call it Kiiuiik'iiiic :ind i)ri/.e 

 it for its astringent properties, using it as a metlicine and also 

 in the "curing" of animal skins. 



A. alpina, or Alpine Bearberr\-, is a \erv tin\- sjiecies, from 

 two to four inches long, and is foimd gi'owing on mountain 

 summits as high as 7000 feet. It is usually i)rostrate, with 

 thin, conspicuously veined leaves, a few pale pink or white 

 flowers, and bright red juicy berries. This is also a shrub ami 

 in spite of its small size has shredd}' bark. 



RED FALSE HEATHER 



Bryant]nis c))ipctrifor)iiis. Heath Family 



Densely much hranched from thj hase. Leaves: stroni:;ly revolute. 

 thickened and rough margins. Flowers: umhellate, sul)tended hy foha- 

 ceous and rigid hracts : corolla deep rose colour, campanulate, hve-lobed. 



The False Heathers — there are no true I leathers indige- 

 nous to this continent — are also low branching shrubs. biU arc 

 placed in this Section for the same reason as arc the small 

 Vacciniums and the Arctostaphylos, namely, because it is here 

 that the traveller will expect to find them, deeming them 

 ordinary flowers and not flowering shrubs. 



The BryantJius cuipctrifoniiis grows abundantly in the 

 mountains, and at very high altitudes. It is a wonder! ul sight 



