l6o PINK TO RED 



to see acre upon acre covered with its beautiful bells, until the 

 slopes of the hills and the alpine meadows seem to be literally 

 clothed with a glorious robe of rose-red Heather, whose border 

 is embroidered with the White False Heather and White 

 Heath, the blue Speedwell and the yellow Arnica. 

 Many a traveller knows how true are the lines : 



" When summer comes, the heather bell 

 Shall tempt thy feet to rove " ; 



and many a man has echoed in his heart: 



" Here 's to the heath, the hill, and the heather, 

 The bonnet, the plaidie, the kilt, and the feather; 

 Here 's to the heroes that Scotland can boast, 

 May their names never die — that's a Highlandman's toast!" 



Truly a love for the Heath and the Heather is common to 

 all nations, and is the especial trait of all mountain climbers. 



B. intermedins, or Pink False Heather, is a much rarer plant 

 and is found in comparatively few localities. I first reported 

 it from the Selkirk Mountains in 1901, though it had previ- 

 ously been reported from the Rockies by Macoun, Drummond, 

 and Dawson. 



It is easily known to travellers by means of its lovely pale 

 pink bells. The foliage is precisely similar to that of B. empetri- 

 formis, but the flower differs in a few very minor particulars. 



SWAMP LAUREL 



Kabnia glaiica. Heath Family 



Branches glabrous, ascending. Leaves: opposite, nearly sessile, linear- 

 oblong, margins strongly revolute. Flowers: in simple terminal umbels; 

 bracts large ; sepals ovate, much imbricated, persistent. 



Yet another little shrub placed in this Section. Growing 

 usually about a foot high, though frequently only a few inches 

 tall, it bears at the ends of its slender branches large clusters 

 of bright rose-red or magenta flowers, which have a five-lobed 



