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WILD FLOWERS AND TREES OF COLORADO 



green in early spring and their handsome flowers, some yellow, some 

 red, add much to the beauty of springtime scenes. The Spanish bayonet 

 in blossom is something not soon forgotten, its usefulness for decorative 

 purposes being shown on the title-page of this book. 



In speaking of the plants of the plains it will not do to forget the sage 

 brush. What is called sage brush is very different from what house- 



Fig. 30. — Sub-alpine Lake Shore 

 The sedges and grasses in their growth encroach upon the water and will eventually 

 fill up the lake converting it into a meadow. 



wives use to flavor their Thanksgiving turkey. There is a little of the 

 same odor but at this point the resemblance stops. Many of the plants 

 are not large, being only a few inches high. Others have a distinctly 

 bushy form and grow about three or four feet tall. The whitish green 

 of the leaves and stems gives impress to the landscape. Some prosaic 

 people do not like it. They say that it gives an air of barrenness to the 



