| Show Out of Doors In III th the West WestBy By Dr J. J H. H Paul l SO Q 0 I v FE v g accounts account of or western natural natural nat nat- p. p written writ writ- ural been lory have as yet ct t ton ten m that people look with some ea eagerness eagerness eager eager- er- er ness at any attempt In that direction We Vc have havo just r received an attractive O volume entitled Out o of oC Doors in in tho the West Vest written by hr Dr J. J H H- HPaul Paul of or orthe the state university and published b by bythe bythe the Skelton company of or this cit city It consists con of or contributions to a piece o of work which the tho author states tates he ho hohas has long desired and repeatedly urged others to undertake c and which he now offers to tho the public And the work seems to mark maric a notable beginning in n the direction o of supplying a n demand that has been long long- and anti repeatedly voiced b by the tho schools and the public a a demand for some popular and trustworthy presentation presentation pre pre- of the larger and simpler phases of or those basic realities i of this new wonderland which as the author hods may mar he be brought to view and understood by b ordinary or nonscientifIc title ob observation with just a little guidance This necessary help Dr Paul alms aims to su- su supply In the present work worl rh The volume just issued called Part I Sketches Through Autumn and Winter Is a storehouse of information on on onn a n great number of tho the common plants birds and insects lit little little lit lit- tle tic known hut but of or the utmost importance importance tance to the welfare of western de ile- ile e- e Dr Paul has stated to the writer that no satisfactory popular account of the plant life of the birds insects mammals of the climate soil and products o of th the tho Rocky mountain plateau plateau pla pla- plateau has yet et been written and that subjects subject so vast cannot be com comprehensively compre compre- pre pre- touch touched d upon until much more work by specialists has been done along these lines Meantime howe however hower r the schools are arc calling c. for fora a a. guide to their nature work and anti the general s reader render will no doubt welcome an account of oC some of our most striking lag ing physical phenomena and leading forms of our natural history histon This is isa isa isa a vast and but partially explored field yet all should know kno something of Its living forms and anti of its physical conditions conditions con con- if only In order to feel at home in the valleys or on tho the mountains in Iii the canyons or on the plains by alpine lake lale or by desert seas This work provides pro this material In Ina ina a clear and entertaining manner The numerous drawings s the colored plates I and the clear descriptions devoted devote to local species arc are intended to enable the learner to recognize and identify our plants birds and insects at sight sis while the chapters on western soils oils climate and dry farming arc strong and comprehensive A good s Idea of the authors author's style and method mo may be obtained from flom his df dr df- of tho western estern columbine columbine which he terms the tho queen b Of wild wildflowers wildflowers flowers Tho wild columbine of ot the Rock Rocky mountains Is far more beautiful than thon the flowers commonly cultivated It ItIs ItIs Itis Is a a. native of oC the high hills and cool can canyons ons where here it Is found in all Its grace of form and delicacy of coloring color color- ing In central latitudes it is usually a snowy white but often shades to blue Farther north it becomes a a. deep blue while to the south it is a flaming flaming- red It thus exhibits the national col colors colors col- col cot I I ors the tho red white and blue in its I different homes All parts of the flower are arc similarly suggestive of national national na na- na- na ideas while the foliage being repeatedly trifoliate in branches In leaves and in lobes Jobes on the leaflets seems like another significant s symbol Some Sonic find in it a token of our threefold threefold threefold three three- fold division dision of the tho powers of ot government government govern govern- ment legislative executive and judicial judi judi- judicial cial others regard it as a suggestion of the Sacred Trinity Trinity Trinity-au an implication justified b by the motto on our coins In God We e Trust The flower edat from train the side pr presents according to the fancy of the theold theold old botanist botanists the appearance of oC a flock of or doves in flight or as s ome some sa say around a dish dish whence the name of ot the species from columba a dove Now No- it has been noted that columba Is the feminine for Columbus who went forth from Europe like the dove from the ark to discover this land hand Moreover Moreo the dove e Is the symbol of peace and the attitude of lC Columbia the land of Columbus is thus declared In the national anthem Our motto is peace The Tho statesmen of or this country country country coun coun- try have quite generally agreed reed that the true true- course for America Is to feed and clothe rather than to fight other nations It happens too that thelon thelong the tho lon long curving curving- columbine spurs and tho the petals which bear them form a a. perfect cornucopia a horn of plenty similar to those in which the childrens children's confectionery confectionery confectionery con con- delights leli are often oCten put up This form of the petals i Is taken talen to bo be symbolic of th the plenty and fruitfulness of this favored land Again the se sepals sepals sepals se- se pals the outer flower leaves have e a shape very ery like that of the cap of the goddess of liberty the liberty the cap she Is supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to wear of or the 1776 pattern on the Fourth of July when whon the columbine columbine colum colum- bine is blooming and when as Will Carleton says sas 8 The great procession comes up the thet t street treet With a wagon of virgins Irs sour and sweet IThe i iThe The columbine is quite generally generalI favored b by botanists as the national flower Clower emblem and it is a a. matter for forr r regret that our inimitable western form fonn has hag not yet found its place in cultivation |
