Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals
The original color films used for the plates on pages 15 and 26, were heretofore reproduced in different form in “American Wild Flowers”—Moldenke, published in 1949 by D. Van Nostrand Co., New York, with whose permission they are again reproduced here.
The original color films used for the plates on pages 15 and 26, were heretofore reproduced in different form in “American Wild Flowers”—Moldenke, published in 1949 by D. Van No...
2. Part 2In not too open aspen glades in middle elevations, a privileged seeker after beauty may find this yellow lady’s slipper, largest of our native orchids. It is one of several spec...
3. Part 3Individual flowers, about ½ inch wide, are formed of 5 dissimilar petals, usually magenta red, sometimes other shades from rose to purple. The banner bends back slightly and car...
4. Part 4This is but one of twenty or more species of Penstemon found in Colorado. Some, such as _Penstemon angustifolius_, with its azure blue flowers, grow on the plains. A few are dwa...
5. Part 5S Sand begonia 16 Sand lily 9 _Saxifraga rhomboidea_ 27 Scarlet gilia 48 _Sedum rhodanthum_ 28 Shooting star 41 _Showy fleabane_ 54 _Silene acaulis_ 18 Sky pilot 47 _Snowball sa...