. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . curious little Alpine flowers of flaming scarlet or royal purple, brought down fromthe green dells and lofty terraces of the snow-range, to be adopted and improved by culture. Of all,I liked best a third class of front-courts, given up to moist, home-looking turf-grass, of that deepgreen which rests the soul as it cools the eyes—grass, that febrifuge of the imagination which, comingafter the woolly gramma and the measureless stretches of ashen-gray sage-brush, makes the travelergo to sleep singing. In summer the atmosphere would be sickly with
. Scenery of the Pacific railways, and Colorado . curious little Alpine flowers of flaming scarlet or royal purple, brought down fromthe green dells and lofty terraces of the snow-range, to be adopted and improved by culture. Of all,I liked best a third class of front-courts, given up to moist, home-looking turf-grass, of that deepgreen which rests the soul as it cools the eyes—grass, that febrifuge of the imagination which, comingafter the woolly gramma and the measureless stretches of ashen-gray sage-brush, makes the travelergo to sleep singing. In summer the atmosphere would be sickly with the combined aromas, were it not for the stirringwinds that are constantly blowing from the mountains; and many of the houses in the business-quarter of the city are covered by sweet-briers and vines, which give them a countrified air in forciblecontrast to the iron-and-brick realities of the mercantile stores adjacent to them. The march of improvement has effaced most of the shabbier buildings, but the seeker for the THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS. 57. Cliffs, Green River picturesque will find many such attractive relics ot early days in the Territory, as the old mill, withthe tabernacle in the background, which Mr. Woodward shows in one of his drawings. The ovaldome of the tabernacle is visible from nearly all parts of the town, and this edifice is one of the firstobjects for which the traveler usually inquires. 58 THE PACIFIC RAILWAYS.
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