and lea\e< arc very prickly, and it i- a . <.nini..n Inn probably tin- 



grounded belief that its >pnie> arc highly pn: m, A , 



shruhhy ^'/lint-it (>'. Dnu<ilnsii) -r..\\^ iri in ten feet in height. 

 with numerous laruc open panic].- ..f inoonffpicUOOl Bo 

 ;ai BpeC mo/Jnts abound, the nmt <..ninin I.. 



' '. rrlKfuutu, which forms dense thicket *. &OJ|| 

 //v//ff. conspicuous from its hlack fo/fatifoflfUI-likefrtlit, >ui round- 

 ed liy larp' per.-istent purple involucre-. i> found alon^ the 

 streams, with one of (he mo>t slmwy of all tin- ( hv-Mi, >lirul,., 

 t'nnuix \nffnllii, Audul)on, the western ivpn->riitat i\c .f our 

 dogwood. Tsnally it is smaller, hut occasionally heron, 

 .")( fi'i-t in height. Tlu- llowci'-like ralyce> lire lar-e. while, and 

 less crumpled than those of the ea>tcrn live. 



More interest ini: than these to hotanists. as well as to th 

 eral public, are the fruit-hearing shrubs tin- "Salal," ( <i>nt/(' 

 fi/ni/lun.) the Oregon ^rape (/li-rf/i-ris (n/nifn/imn and /. "///). 



and the "salmon-berry." (liulms afn-rtuliilis . Of ihe>e. tin- 

 first covers the -round o\cr -'reat areas with it> creepil 

 ciimbent stem, its broad, oval, shinin- lea\.-. and its penc 

 black and edible fruit. The two speciefl ol I, so well 



known under their old name, Mti/innin. are low shrubs, with 

 pinnate, spinv leaves, yellow, clustered flowers and blue h|o..m- 

 covered acid berries. They are not unfrepjently cult 

 ornamental plants in t he eastern States. The -alm<m berr\ ; 

 its name from the color of the fruit, which re>embles that of the 

 llcsh of the salmon. It is a tall, strong-growing rasphern . with 

 conspicuous purple flowers ami lar-c ovonl fruit, much esteemed 

 bv the Indians, but rather insijiid. l\nlms \n/k,u t n.. the white 

 \arietv of our flowering raspbcrn. i< Bfeiywben < "inmon. with 

 the jirccise habit of its eastern representat i\c. 



Si i;i A. i. (. i.()i.<)<,^ a\ l in l'i '.i .1'- 801 N i' I- L81, 



The name l'i und is, in popular DM, DUMl< 



the ].c( uliar group of inlets and tidc\va\> \\hidi lie immediatels 



of Vane.. liver's Island, I'u^et's Soun.l pn.p.-r. Adm. 

 Inlet, Hood's Canal, etc. These occupy the north 

 of the great Columbian \alley, which, like its counterpart in 

 California, lies between the Coast ran-'- ami the Cordillera*, 

 Further north still, this depression is deflected toward the north- 



