WHERE GLACIERS FEED THE APPLE ROOTS 79 



They were alike the envy and the despair of at least 

 one eastern amateur. 



Close to the foxgloves, and companioning the trail for 

 a long distance, were several varieties of flowering 

 shrubs, now (early in July) in full bloom. The cap- 

 berry was perhaps the most conspicuous, a large shrub 

 with numerous blossoms not unlike small white wild 

 roses in appearance. But the showy goat's beard was 

 scarcely less frequent, a bush covered with white bloom 

 closely resembling spiraea. As the trail ascended more 

 and more sharply, coming out now and then on a dizzy 

 ledge far over the water, and again climbing a steep 

 bank of the powdered, volcanic soil by a series of switch- 

 backs, the shrubs began to drop behind and the lower 

 wild flowers became predominant, purple lupine, sky- 

 blue larkspur, and the flaming orange-red paint brush 

 being the most conspicuous. Both the lupine and 

 larkspur are known as annuals in our eastern gardens, 

 but they do not reach the brilliance of colour they 

 achieve in this volcanic ash, nor do we find them spread 

 like bits of sky in every forest glade. Above all, we do 

 not plant them we cannot plant them in happy con- 

 junction with bright orange paint brush around the feet 

 of great brown fir tree columns, with a glimpse two 

 thousand feet below of the green water of Lake Chelan, 

 and a vista across the canon hole of the towering walls of 

 Castle Rock and a dazzling snowfield ! In such a grove 

 and such a garden we let our horses rest, and looked 



