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16_74 Yellowstone Lake, n. end. No. 2549. Phlox diffusa Benth is Homalobus hylophilus Rydb. det. P.A.R. Orange yellow anthers. Prostrate. No. 2550. Arenaria. Stamens 10. No. 2551. Cirsium. Plants 6 in. to 2 ft. high. Heads capitate, the cluster often very large, Insects sting the hollow central axis often and then the grubs invade the heads. Grassy opens. No. 2552. Castilleia. Hillside. Will Park camp. No. 2553. Cichoriaceae. Hillsides, Willow Camp. discarded No. 2554. Trifolium. Marshy meadow. Willow Park Camp. No. 2555. Delphinium. Dry flat. Willow Camp. |
16_75 July 26, 1906. The first view of the Yellowstone Falls from a cleft in the canon looking from the head of Uncle Tom's stairs is of floating spray spanned by a rainbow. As seen from the bottom it is a truly majestic fall, the "force" quite perpendicular and the volume of the spray, especially from the cauldron quite sublime. It is a rather better and larger fall than the Vernal or Nevada in Yosemite, the latter perhaps more graceful that the Yellowstone. From the very edge of the falls at the top where the whole Yellowstone river plunges over there is a lookout station by the river edge. The fall is now seen |
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