Transcriber’s note:
In the original publication, page 190 in the list of illustrations appeared before page 154. This has been changed.
The following changes were made:
p. [156] Hoffman and Cathderal Park to Cathedral
p. [166] only curly currus wisps scarce to cirrus
p. [171] most of their acomplishments to accomplishments
p. [267] Adenostema fasciculata to Adenostoma
throughout text: chamœbatia to chamæbatia
Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the text for the following:
foothills and foot-hills
goldenrod and golden-rod
rootstocks and root-stocks
thunderstorm and thunder-storm
gristmill and grist-mill
lifelong and life-long
overleaning and over-leaning
snowstorm and snow-storm