34 WOKCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1914-15 



Mr. Gleason told of the glaciers and snow-peaked moun- 

 tains, where alpine flowers grow which are even more beau- 

 tiful than are the wild flowers that abound in the lowlands. 

 In districts where the mountains are covered with snow 

 many months, and where one would imagine that there 

 could be little vegetation, these beautiful flowers of more 

 than 1,000 varieties grow in abundance. 



'^Botanists," he said, ''include in the list of Alpine 

 flowers only those growing on the mountain slope, but 

 there are many Alpine flowers in the regions surrounding 

 them. I have passed a part of each year in the mountains 

 of the West, and feel proud of the grandure of these flowers 

 which grow in indescribable abundance. 



''I have photographed as many as 1,000 of them." 



Mr. Gleason then showed the regions surrounding lake 

 Louise, on the Canadian Pacific line, where maii}^ of these 

 alpine flowers grow, and also Mt. Victoria and Victoria 

 glacier. Many of these flowers which cover the forest floor, 

 as the arctic raspberry, the columbine in yellow and many 

 other shades; the hairbell gentian along the hilly slopes, 

 which will sway without even the slightest breeze in the 

 air, and are attractive. 



Another flower shown on the screen was what is com- 

 monly called shooting star. The wild garlic, which is 

 common and of a beautiful ^^ellowish hue, has a decided 

 onion odor, which mars its beauty. On the highest slopes, 

 he said, these were found, and have a short season. 



Many forms of the dryus were seen, one the nodding 

 dryus, of a deep yellow almost on an orange shade. He 

 showed many of the handsome arnicas which abound on 

 the slopes of Lake Louise. The moss campion, a plant 

 bearing berries which grow 8,500 feet above the sea, and 

 is found shooting between rocks where it gets its nourish- 

 ment, was another slide shown. Man}^ thistles grow in 

 those regions, one being the alpine thistle, which grows on 

 the summits of the highest mountains. ''The sweet for- 



