The Present Aspects of Biology and the Method of Biological Study
The ten miles walk added to the herbal several very interesting rarities, which would have been overlooked by one who had sought only the showy and beautiful things of this interesting ground.
Abstract
hill-sides; and again in the valleys, or gentle depressions between the rolling hills, are the rich purple tufts of Astragalus bisulcatus Gray. This is a very handsome perennial, and would be desirable enough for cultivation, but for its disgustingly strong odor of beau-vines. Besides these more noticeable things, our ten miles walk added to our herbal several very interesting rarities, which would have been overlooked by one who had sought only the showy and beautiful things of this interesting ground. A remarkable profusion of very handsome flowers, of a few species only, is what especially characterizes the flora of this region at this season of the year. Passing through it by rail, one sees as much of the purple and red and white and yellow of the plants mentioned, as of the common verdure of the prairie grasses.