Gardens on the Glaciers. 



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stand, there is a belt of debris perhaps five miles in breadth, 

 which almost completely conceals the ice beneath. Portions of 

 this moraine are covered by vegetation, and in places it is brill- 



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Figure 2 — View of a glacial Lakelet {drawn from a Photograph). 



iant with flowers. The vegetation is most abundant on the 

 nearer border and fades away toward the center of the glacier. 

 Its distant border, adjacent to the white ice-field beyond, is 



