_ very showy flowering plant, which has so far resisted the drou 
_ azure of the sky above—a sea of blue. The plant is Delphinium 
of April the root-leaves make their appearance, and as they far- 
208. |. RAMBLES OF A BOTANIST IN WYOMING TERRITORY. 
like, sometimes a little irregular and extray ragant, but, when fol- 
lowed closely, through all its various changes, vibrations and in- 
tonations, is found to possess a striking sweetness and freshness, 
seldom excelled and rarely equalled, if we except the beautiful 
strain of the hermit ‘thrush. He gives to his lower notes a quiet 
dash of subdued sadness, and then immediately swells them to 
upward bars of wondrous perfection and beauty. He has a set 
of notes in an under key that are seldom heard by the unobservant 
ear, and if heard are attributed to another bird. He gives a clear, 
quick, military call and has a piercing cry of distress. Tlie notes 
‘about the nest are all suppressed and low, but yet clear and dis- 
tinct. They are uttered by the female and are the language of 
the mother to her offspring. She has no distinct song. 
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RAMBLES OF A BOTANIST IN WYOMING 
TERRITORY. 
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BY REV. E. L. GREENE. 
“NO: i 
Wirn the month of July, the varied profaston of flowers be- 
gins to be greatly reduced on the high plains, whose rich spring 
; flora was briefly sketched in the last number. ie 
On the third of this month we stood upon the summit of a ridge — 
commanding a view of many surrounding miles of these treeless 
lands. The grasses, under the constant sun and the now advanc- 
ing drought, were already losing their freshness of color, 
becoming cured, uncut, into hay for the antelope and the domestic 
herd, to feed them during the next eight months. ‘There is yet onè 
and is now giving to even hundreds of acres of ground the very 2 
azureum Michx., a perennial species of larkspur. In the_ month 
nish then the only sort of green herbage that has been seen 1 
meny months, herdsmen are obliged to exercise all i 
) cattle away Tom the tracts which this plant occupies. 
