ALBERTA PRIMROSE 



Primula maccalliana Wiegand 



Travelers to the mountains in midsummer rarely see this lovely- 

 primrose, for it soon passes with the first warm days. It delights in 

 wet banks or moist, sandy or gravelly places, and is so small that 

 sharp eyes are needed to find it. The slender, dainty stem carries the 

 pale pink flowers four or five inches above the basal tuft of green 

 leaves, from whose center they spring. The flowers become purple 

 in withering. 



Alberta primrose has a narrow range, occurring only in the Cana- 

 dian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. 



The specimen sketched was found on the shore of Bow Lake, 

 twenty-five miles north of Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, at an alti- 

 tude of 5,000 feet. 



PLATE 2.74 



