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Show Huntington Canyon is Flower Heart of Utah Says S. L. Tree Warden The following highly complimentary compli-mentary article concerning the unusually un-usually beautiful flora of Hunting-ten Hunting-ten Canyon east of Fairview was written by Mr. Rufus D. Johnson, Salt Lake City Tree Warden, and appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune lost Sunday; People who enjoy spending a night or two in the hills and who wish to travel farther afield than the region adjacent to Salt Lake, have a wide choice of interesting tours in various directions throughout through-out the state. ' One offering the strongest appeal to the average sightseer Is the two or three-day trip to Zion and Bryce canyons, with possibly an extension into Arizona to include Gr.ind canyon. After this Is en-loyd, en-loyd, those who delight in native flora will find in succeeding trips many little known canyons wherein where-in rlchne-s of flower display often ample recompense for the effort, j One of these beauty spots Is Huntington canyon, usually at its' best about July 24, or a little earl-! lcr. One way of reaching It is by leaving the mnln waH of I ville, turning east through Spanish Fork canyon to Thistle, thence south to Fairview. Eastward from Fairview the road makes a stifflsh climb up the side of a deep canyon thickly clothed with thf. best of our native plant life. Flowers bloom profusely a-long a-long the dugway, among which the snowy pents'emon cublaber makes a lavish display. 1 Once over the aspen covered summit one emerges on to the Wasatch Wa-satch plateau. The road descends gradually throush Flat. series of pleasant mountain meadows mead-ows which are veritable flower gardens. gar-dens. Patches of brilliant yellow helenium, somtlmes several square miles In extent, contrast harmoniously harmoni-ously with, the vivid blue of pent-stemon pent-stemon watsoni, rioting in expanses expan-ses of solid color many acres broad. Flat canyon merges Into Huntington Hunt-ington canyon, where one may fle-cend fle-cend for miles along the creek a-mid a-mid a marvelous display of natural natur-al landscaping. Camp should be made 10 ct 15 miles down the canyon, can-yon, either among the firs or In one of the grassy draws which add to the roadside attractiveness. Fish- I jlng In the creek Is alleged to be ;good at times, but the plant lover i will find plenty to keep him other- wise occupied in the blossom strewn glades and gulches. ! This faction could be aptly termed term-ed the flower heart of Utah. Nearly Near-ly ail species native to the Wasatch terrain can be found here. Pent-stemons Pent-stemons are especially abundant. They are mentioned particularly because this area may be regarded , as the hub of the pentstemon i wheel. Probably more different spe-'cics spe-'cics may be encountered In a given' area radiating from this point than , anywhere else in the world. j ! Continuing down canyon next ', morning, the lush growth of the higher country gives way to that approximating desert flora as one , nears Huntington. Yucca, cacti and thicker leaved pentstemons of ! the pachyphyllus complex appear. From Huntington one may turn north to Price, thence westward through Helper and Castle Gate, that r.1st interesting coal camp region. The road winds over Sold- 1 ler Summit, where it is fringed with Pentstemon strictus, into the broad highway of Spanish Fork canyon and on to Thistle, where the home ! road beckons To the observing! one, the two-day swing around the circle has been a little journey of absorbing interest. |
