. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. 144 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. scarcely be had than by imagining an ash-pit several hun- dred miles across, in which a few light-grey weeds, scarcely distinguishable from the parched earth, have sprung up, regardless of drought. As the train ascends the Sierra, it passes through dark- ribbed tunnels of long covered sheds, which guard it from the snow in winter. Dawn broke upon us as we were passing through these ; and, looking out, we saw such a change from the Salt Lake scenery as one experiences in passing from a hot dusty
. Alpine flowers for English gardens. Mountain plants; Flower gardening. 144 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part I. scarcely be had than by imagining an ash-pit several hun- dred miles across, in which a few light-grey weeds, scarcely distinguishable from the parched earth, have sprung up, regardless of drought. As the train ascends the Sierra, it passes through dark- ribbed tunnels of long covered sheds, which guard it from the snow in winter. Dawn broke upon us as we were passing through these ; and, looking out, we saw such a change from the Salt Lake scenery as one experiences in passing from a hot dusty road to a cool, green, ferny dell. Dust, alkali, dreariness, harshness of arid rock and hope- lessness of barren soil, are seen no more. Near at hand a giant pine rushes up like a huge mast, while in the distance. Isolated Rocks in Rocky Mountains. great pines grouped in stately armies of tree grenadiers, tilling the deep valleys and cresting all the wave-like hills till these are lost in the distant blue. To the western slopes of the great chain of the Sierras one must go to see the noblest trees and the richest verdure. There every one of thousands of mountain gorges, and the pleasant and varied flanks of every vale, and every one of the innumerable hills, are densely populated with noble pines and glossy evergreens, like an ocean of huge land waves, over which the spirit of tree-life has passed, creating giants. The autumn days I spent among these trees were among the happiest one could desire. Every day glorious sunshine, and the breeze as gentle as if it feared to hurt the long-dead trees standing here and there leafless, and often. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935; Bailey, William Whitman, 1843-1914. London : Murray
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