...period. It is found growing on the sides and summits of the limestone mountains, at an elevation of from five hundred to three thousand feet above the level of the plains. The plant appears to thrive only in parched and barren places ; its leaves are plucked at any period,...

...this point (Denver) there appears to be three tolerably distinct ranges. The first ris'es from two to three thousand feet above the level of the Plains ; it is cloven asunder by the kanyons* of the streams, streaked with dark lines of pine, which feather its...

...them. From this point there appears to be three tolerably distinct ranges. The first rises from two to three thousand feet above the level of the Plains ; it is cloven asunder by the canons of the streams, streaked with dark lines of pine, which feather its summits,...