. Sierra Club bulletin . The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 165 here that we first found one of the most lovely of theSierra flowers, the Primula suffrutescens, with its tuftsof clear purplish-blue flowers gleaming among compactfoliage, growing often in a sheltered crevice where the suncould exert its full power, seeming in their sharp note ofcolor to proclaim aloud the keenness which is so charac-teristic of this alpine air. As the name signifies, suf-frutescent, it is somewhat woody at the base, a hardymountaineeer, tough, handsome, and compact. It doesnot climb to this height for nothing; here
. Sierra Club bulletin . The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 165 here that we first found one of the most lovely of theSierra flowers, the Primula suffrutescens, with its tuftsof clear purplish-blue flowers gleaming among compactfoliage, growing often in a sheltered crevice where the suncould exert its full power, seeming in their sharp note ofcolor to proclaim aloud the keenness which is so charac-teristic of this alpine air. As the name signifies, suf-frutescent, it is somewhat woody at the base, a hardymountaineeer, tough, handsome, and compact. It doesnot climb to this height for nothing; here are found allsorts of things to overcome and the fierce vitality whichovercomes all things. At half-past 7, close to the lastsentinels of the white-barked pines, in preparation forour second breakfast, we lighted two diminutive fires, onwhich, carefully supported by bits of rock, snow wasmelted in our round-bottomed tin cups, a ticklish opera-tion, requiring nice adjustment of means to ends, whereone learns from experie
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