Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-06-25
LOST FLOWERS
Flowers That Were Never Lost
Some Were Never Found

Under the heading Find Few OF
Lost Flowers" is a recent press
dispatch stating that DR. P B Ken
nedy, leading botanist of the
state of Nevada" and Mrs Brand
gee, Of Berkeley, "a scientist of
national reputation" had returned
to Reno after an eventful trip in
the search for rare and lost speci-
mems of flowers, which was "only
partially successful"
The writer doesn't know what
flowers have been lost-in fact he
only knows a few by name that
have been found-but he does know
that if any one is looking for wild
flowers of any kind and doesn't
come to the Jarbidge mountains,
he is overlooking the zone best
bet," as G. G.. R. would say. His
(the writer's not G G R's) ignor-
ance of botany is so profound that
he wouldn't know 'Flost flower"
from one that had been roped and
properly branded, but DR. Alvin
Nelson, Of the University of Wyo-
ming, and another Government
botanist were here for a few days
last year and in a short time dis
covered a number of flowers which
were previously unclassified, in
addition to scores of the known
varities. The local forest rangers
nave sent a number of plants and
flowers from here to the depart
ment and received word that ten of
them were unclassified.
But one doesn't need the word of
an authority to be convinced that
this is a most fruitful field for the
botanist. He has but to open his
.-9ye as he follows the trail along
8a creek bottom, or glances up the
steep mountain sides which is car
peted with beautiful flowers. Out
OF curiosity the writer made a test
and found twelve different varities
OF wild flowers in walking fifteen
feet in a straight line.
AS the spring is late in Jarbidge
the snow is still deep in some
places in the higher moutains-it
is to be presumed that the quantity
and variety of the flowers will be
greater as summer advances-ir
fact older residents say there are
few now compared to what will
come later.
TO the tenderfoot especially il
is interesting to note the advance
of the season in the different alti
tudes Jarbidge is $500 feet ir
elevation and flowers that had bios
somed and gone to seed here 6
week ago are just coming to bloom
a few hundred feet higher up, ir
the mountains. At still higher al
titude it will he a couple OK weeks
yet before the same flower will
blossom.
Until the finding of gold here
four years ago, the Jarbidge dis
trictwas almost inaccessible. There
was no road over which a wagor
could come nor could one be made
without great expense. Only few
sheep trails led over the precipitou
mountains to the narrow valleys
Otherwise it is Impossible tha
such natural scenic and health
resort should have been so long ne
elected. There are few places tt
which the summer tourists flocl
/ that possess so many genuine at
attractions as Jarbidge.
Unlike other parts of Nevada
which are dry and barren, this sec
tion has numerous springs, the
mountains have plenty of trees
and vegetation is luxuriant. TIL,
sportsman can get good trout fish
ing, and sage chicken ard dec
hunting in season. The mountain
climber can climb to his heart
content-and believe me he will
have to climb if he goes afoot vi