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  • best work. The other two varieties, R. caroliniana and R. minus, are both much smaller and have less ample panicles. The former inhabits the exposed rocky and dry elevations, such as Caesar's Head, Grandfather Mountain and Linville Falls. The mountain sides covered with azaleas present in spring a display of color that is not equalled anywhere else in America or perhaps in the entire world. Seven species occur in the Carolinas, and a book would be required to do them justice. Besides these spectacular azaleas, our mountains are decorated with many kinds of beautiful shrubs that have become highly valued in cultivation. Among these are several species of hydrangea and viburnum, the mountain pepper bush, hawthorns of many kinds, crab apples, flowering raspberries, two species of syringa, sweet shrubs, four kinds of spiraea, pink robinias, four decorative and harmless sumachs in addition to the toxic varieties, two of Euonymus, the beautiful Steuartia, Jersey tea or red root, with delicate tender flowers sometimes tending to pink or lavender, Diervilla, and both red and black- fruited elderberries. Such in brief is the glorious plant heritage of the Carolinas, from the palmetto strands to the craggy balds where eagles wheel and scream with none but the winds to hear. A heritage whose richness cannot be expressed in words nor whose beauty can be fully described within the compass of a magazine. To be appreciated it must be seen when spring touches the bays and pine flats and sand hills and mountain slopes and the land responds with its myriad blooms. And then again when, in the fall, we can see "The flame of the dogwood and sumach That fires the edge Where the field carries up to the forest Its purple of sedge; The blue of the monkshood and aster. The sourwood's wine, And back on the hills the unshaken, Sustaining green of the pine." EXPLORE- f Canada's Canoe Traits* Transplanting Washington Elm Out on the campus of the University of Washington stands the offspring of a famous tree, with two earth-filled boxes clamped around its more vigorous limbs. This elm grew from a scion of the famous Washington Elm, under which Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is being prepared to furnish shoots to be planted on the spot where its renowned ancestor once grew. A movement is under way to replant the site of the historic incident, and doubtless the University of Washington tree will be the one selected to fill the need. This tree has grown from cuttings taken from the original elm thirty years ago by Arthur J. Collins, a graduate of the University, who was studying at Harvard. Best Fire Season Yosemite National Park enjoyed its most successful fire prevention year in history during 1930, according to Superintendent C. G. Thomson. Only ten small fires, burning over 4V2 acres of brush, but damaging no timber, occurred. ARE you hungryfor the freedom... great soothing silence . . .vast _t\_ loneliness... big thrills and wild beauty, of the wilderness known tothe old Canadian fur brigades? Or.. .for the much easier and more accessible canoe-cruising waters of no less charm? A real Canadian canoe cruise with camping in the wilds will give you the closest-to- Nature adventure left on earth for a red-blooded man. Real back country, amazingly fine fishing, abundant wild animal and bird life. Let us help you plan your trip. Our Scouts keep us constantly posted. Their invaluable tips, with other important information you need, will be passed on to you gladly. May we hear from you TODAY ? Write or wire A. O. SEYMOUR, General Tourist Agent 5835 Windsor Station, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Canadian Pacific WORLD'S GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM Summer Voyages To Little Known LABRADOR NEWFOUNDLAND GASPE COAST PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 9 to 14 Day Gulf of St. Lawrence Cruises #85 and up from Montreal The Montagnais Indians are a fa' miliar sight on the >iorth Shore 0/ the St. Lawrence. Mention Nature Maoazine when ans, "V/fEET the Indian on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence—the Eskimo in Labrador—visit beautiful Newfoundland—the quaint coast of Gaspe—and Prince Edward Island, the Garden Province. Enjoy the tang of the salt air while in protected waters. Complete holiday relaxation on fine ships. College dance orchestra on the S. S. New Northland—excellent cuisine and accommodation on all vessels. Aslt any travel bureau for illustrated folder or write CLARKE Jttamship Co-Jjmitnt. 19b Dominion Square Bldg., Montreal vering advertisements 347
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