WILD FLOWI'RS OF COLORADO. 1 9 



in different sections of the State, hut only in small beds, and the 

 blossoms not as large as represented. 



These are only a few of our spring flowers. There are 

 a great many varieties, and did space allow I should like to 

 describe more of them to you. From the first appearance of the 

 anemone we are never without flowers until the last of October. 

 One can always have in their rooms a choice boucjuet of wild 

 flowers. As fast as one variety disappears another comes to take 

 its place. 



June is the most delightful month of the year in this State. 

 Wherever grass can grow there you will see flowers of all 

 shades. The ride over the mountains in this month is beautiful. 

 It is a perfect flower-garden all the way from Denver to Salt 

 Lake. 



I saw a novel sii^ht last June as the train was iroine throuoh 

 the canyon of the Arkansas and along the river by that name. I 

 saw growing from a large rock in the ri\er a bunch of pink 

 flowers. It was at least thirty feet from the mountains on either 

 side of it, and not a vestige of grass growing near ; yet this bunch 

 of flowers continued to bloom and was seen and admired by 

 hundreds who traveled by it. 



One of the prettiest flowers we have in June is the wild rose. 

 It grows in great profusion. I have seen miles of roses in 

 full bloom. They grow on small bushes like little trees along the 

 rivers, in the canyon, and on the sides of the mountain ; there 

 will be hundreds of blossoms on one bush. They are of a deep 



