Alpine Primrose.
Happy Heart coming home from the far, far hills,
How the primrose flamed in the arctic chills!
And you heard the flutes of the summit birds:
You will keep forever their sky-lost words,
Happy Heart coming home from the hills.
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