Show lonely jacobs ladder on mount blount whitney tho the highest mountain in california at a level feet above the sea and 1 1500 feet above the timber line where there is no soil and no moisture save banow and hail and ice there grows a ettle flower shaped like a bell flower gaudy in colors of red purple and blue it is called jacobs ladder and its fragrance partakes of the white jasmine ji jt smine it blooms alone for it not only lias has no floral associate but there is no creature not even a bird or insect to keep it company eureka nev sentinel |