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INDEX 



Emerson, bis visit to Yosemite and 

 the Mariposa Grove of Big 

 Trees, 131, 235. 



Eriogonum, 149, 166. 



Erythronium, 23, 31. 



Farm lands of Washington and 

 Oregon, 24, 25. 



Ferns, 149, 160; Woodwardia, 

 149; Pteris, 150; Pellsea, five 

 species of, 151 ; Cryptogramme, 

 151 ; Phegopteris, 151 ; Cheil- 

 anthes, three species of, 152 ; 

 Adiantum, two species, 152. 



Fir. See Silver fir. 



Floods, 256. 



Floral cascades, 159. 



Flower beds of the Sierra, 142. 



Flowers, of pine, spruce, fir, and 

 hemlock, 168, 169; sequoia, 

 284. 



Forest fires, 297, 307, 335, 352, 

 356-359. 



Forest picture, 302. 



Forest Reservations, Rocky Moun- 

 tain, 15 ; Pacific Coast, 19, 31, 

 34; opposition to, 24, 360; 

 wildness of, 24. 



Forest Reserve, Black Hills, 13 ; 

 Bitter Root, 16 ; Flathead, 17 ; 

 Sierra, 31 ; Grand Canon, 34. 



Forest sepulchres, 64. 



Forests, growing interest in, 2, 5, 

 33 ; of the Cascade Mountains, 

 22 ; fossil, 60 ; of the Yellow- 

 stone Park, 67 ; Sierra, 80, 98- 

 136 ; Giant, of the Kaweah, 300 ; 

 of the Tule River, 318 ; Ameri- 

 can, 331 ; destruction of, 336, 

 344 ; influence on streams, 337, 

 346, 359 ; management of, 337- 

 365; redwood (Sequoia semper- 

 virens), 347-352. 



Fountains of the Sierra, 241, 245. 



Fritillaria, 23, 156. 



Frogs, 211. 



Frost crystals, 165. 



Gardens, wild, of California, 5; 

 the East, 6 ; Alaska, 7 ; Black 

 Hills, 14 ; Rocky Mountains, 

 18, l9 ; Cascade Mountains, 23, 

 30; Sierra. 137-142; forest 

 155 ; cliff, 157 ; wall, 159 ; pot- 



hole, shadow, alpine, 160 ; win- 

 ter, 161 ; meadow, 163 ; sky, 

 Mono, and tree, 167. 



Gaultheria, 23, 350. 



Geese, 225. 



General Grant National Park and 

 tree, 298. 



Gentians, 94, 142, 164. 



Geyser basins, 43, 44. 



Geyser craters, 46. 



Geysers, 38, 41, 43, 53 ; distribu- 

 tion of, 55. 



Giants of Sierra forests, 108; 



Glacial action, 84, 92, 96, 138. 



Glacial and post-glacial denuda- 

 tion, 84, 89. 



Glacial period, 64, 65, 78, 96, 242. 



Glacier lakes, 78, 95. 



Glacier landscapes, 65, 91. 



Glacier meadows, 37, 163. 



Glacier monuments, 84. 



Glacier pavements, 83, 84-86. 



Glacier sparrow, 231. 



Glaciers, 19, 30, 64, 78 ; of the 

 Sierra, 95 ; ancient Tuolumne, 

 88, 90. 



Goat, wild, 24, 29. 



Gold, influence of, 11, 361. 



Goldenrods, 17, 142, 164. 



Gray, Asa, 33. 



Great Basin, the, 94. 



Grouse, 215. 



Hackmatack, 18. 



Hawks, 228. 



Hayden, F. V., his work exploring 

 the Yellowstone region, and get- 

 ting it set apart as a national 

 park, 39. 



Hazel, 23, 146. 



Hazel Green, 81. 



Heathworts, 23, 147. 



Hemlock, mountain, 125, 170. 



Home-going, 98. 



Honeysuckle, 142, 147. 



Hooker, Sir Joseph, 33. 



Hothouses, natural, 161. 



Hot springs, 38, 41, 43, 54. 



Huckleberries, 24. 



Hulsea, 167. 



Hunters and trappers, 51, 58. 



Indian summer, 165, 283, 316. 



