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Chapter I

Pictures by Kenneth Hartley

The Hill People.

Columbine in the Hills.

Saxifrage.

Alpine Forget-Me-Not.

Indian Paint Brush.

Arctic Gentian.

Alpine Primrose.

Transcriber's Note

The handwritten image captions were, in some cases, very difficult to make out. Following are transcriptions, with [notes] where there was any doubt about content.

Colorado Columbine (½ actual size) Aquilegia coerulea Cather Springs, June 27

Small-leaved Saxifrage (⅓ actual size) Saxifraga parvifolia Pikes Peak, Aug. 15. 9300 ft. Altitude

Alpine Forget-me-not (natural size) Mertensia alpina Pikes Peak, 12,500 ft. altitude

Indian Paint Brush (natural size) [rest of caption unreadable, possibly Castilleja pruinosa]

Arctic Gentian (natural size) [unreadable] Pikes Peak

Alpine Primrose [rest of caption unreadable]

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