PREFACE XI 



species of plants, is not beyond the power of the ordinary 

 traveller who starts out from a chalet hotel at an average 

 altitude of 4500 feet, and therefore has only to climb another 

 couple of thousand feet to arrive at the highest alpine meadows. 



For their valuable assistance in the work of preparing this 

 volume upon the mountain wild flowers my sincere and grate- 

 ful thanks are due to Mr. David McNicoll, Mr. Robert Kerr, 

 and Mr. Richard Marpole. 



My sincere thanks are due also to Professor John Macoun, 

 Mr. James Macoun, and Dr. James Fletcher, of Ottawa, for 

 valuable scientific advice and for their interest in my work. 



Vancouver Xu^a. ^C^ ^/^^^-^-xo^^**.**^ 



April, 1906 



