Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01


ioseer appesrs: imDeuss open spaces.
Wiseo1s =sssr. save 4: long dlss fness
u>ca tbs ra9Ia.aia Slopes ant al0a 9
Ester eo1-ses. often saEk u canTons
b=tov sight are ooTeFei With los shrubs
ard : psosns on o: lowering p.sats.
Fe- free winds are unobstr1csed II
shssr relation - ps2a:s as ssed 5saFeFs;
aad als5u-gh the 11r5Ss Of species,
c inquired 9Th the py3fuss0a OF n7x-
ering plants. Is n0S great these great
Disius change tcelr prevailing eols-s
often iGriaz the siSan sin1 seasons.
Tia prs~4sling timber tree foaad OK
the s!svat>i lands and slonS tbs foot
bills Is the pi1zs Pondeross- while on
the trouats,a slopes the tao common
As PssUd9tzags D5uglasi appears here
with Ab.ss Neazsssiil and shs llrch,
Tamerack: Lsrix Ocei6s1t8lis' With
tnickets of C.oeauo.hns. Spi.aea<, Vas
cluiams and ShepSerdis, Nth the com
non B-rbaris. give TO the mountain
forests sosnethiag like the appearance
OF tSoss OF the western slope. The
forests Of pine on tie lower slopes are
open. and the surface is covered with
yeFdaEe
The characteristics shrubs of tie plains
are the s,eebrush, (AEtsmssia IrIdenss-
tai OF that large genus. ereaSe-w
tSarcobatas YerTniralatus} the Purshi8
Tridenssts. which has Is yet gained no
common name, aud a shTubby herb
known fAmiiiarly as rabbit grass,
lLvGosyrisl. OGe OF more ot these
appears everywhere, GTay. 1nat.raetivs
plants. upon the ash eotored soil, IN
relieved 10 the somoer distance, bat in
the nearer vieE COMPENSATED by the
iunUmerab,s lowering heTos which sue
csssively tint the neutral gray with
thsir vIryiag shades of color. Iae
Fritislarias. Y. Pudica) EEytnroa1S,
L. Grandito-Crnl and the Dodecatheon,
a red variety. begin the sea son ~ yellow
and rsd: C0llinsss, the Pea.hsteRIons.
the CammAs. ClaTdis and LewlSaa, With
the many Peucedsmums aud ETfogOn-
uus, ard xith the great variety os the
Corlp0Si:ss, cOotiaus the changing sym
phcnv in blue and yellow To the CLOSING
scene while iaaameyabie varieties OF
various tluts. many of them new spe-
c!eS,. csnspire to make the region 1he
paradise Of the bOtan79s; indeed, it -
estimated thst nearly seven-tenths 81
all the covering plants aYe peculiar -
theso States and Territories of the Pc
cifc coast.
A refersree 70 the fora - she Terri
tory in spsS a paper as this would be
iDcomplets without mentisu of such
plants as IN former times, and now, TO
a large extent, have supplied food to
the aboriginal races Only q few of
the best kusvn and most important
have been Identified by me; some of
tSena, hnxessr,. are of unquestloned
value Chief among these are Ire cam
nee, fSeilIa E>suieneal which pUws in
all damp places in the greatest profu-
sions bulb of Undogkted value, which
NAV ns Improved by culEvstion- Or
scarcely less impcrtassse TO the lndSans.
beoozse OF its abznJispse, is the kass,"
root OF one or Rl0re Os the species of
Peucsdarsnm. Amore valuable but less
comnpDn feod plant thaa either Is the
"sa -vsst,- fCaroKy Sag5BcTi) root
combining ine characteristics Of TIE
potato aud the parsnip. This is defi-
sipus a-sicle of food and well deserves
snch care as may developa larger ard
better fsFna- The "mRsa- wah," the
edible YaleFian, grows 10 considerable
pgofusio4 IN the riye-s BLOSSOMS, and -
spoken os highly by The zadtans, bus
dses NOS offer to tt1efr inert and lazy
haiJit of ifs sufficient absndznce to
make it rsore than a sur1ry-
nnoug the medicinal plasts of the
Territory, ysrairum Aabuaiy tfrasera-
Colombo two species, Acositom Fis-
cher. Arnies, many species. frequently
oouur. G%rarium Nchardsoali and
Ber5eris ssaifOhnm ass-the- emily enfs
kRownsto NC a. used b-'tte l1dsans as
rDeticiDe.
The various grasses Of this eastern
region are she chief economic ssasurss
of indigenous growth. Most OF these
are known by she geHsral raas of
I" buEoh, RTsasy = namo easily heuount
ed fcsrwhen ve take into confederation
the constantly acting wir2s~hiea sweep
over shess pleius> almost withocs obsta
ole; these hare tha effect N the eseeed
ing lsrht sail. vhieh Ia tAe oomsataated
break down - tho basaltio Tools.s OF the
country to aeave AL the RFssses IL who'd
swept tufts The Stipas, ksropis TeRui-
foiia, 2estuca Scakaella and one 90 more
of the TritiFlms. with prot ably many
Others A-e. for reasons abO~o InsnkioDea,
called -baEchg grass"