Alpine Primrose.
Reading edition
Happy Heart coming home from the far, far hills, How the primrose flamed in the arctic chills! And you heard the flutes of the summit birds: You will keep forever their sky-lost words, Happy Heart coming home from the hills.
Transcriber's Note
The handwritten image captions were, in some cases, very difficult to make out. Following are transcriptions, with [notes] where there was any doubt about content.
Colorado Columbine (½ actual size) Aquilegia coerulea Cather Springs, June 27
Small-leaved Saxifrage (⅓ actual size) Saxifraga parvifolia Pikes Peak, Aug. 15. 9300 ft. Altitude
Alpine Forget-me-not (natural size) Mertensia alpina Pikes Peak, 12,500 ft. altitude
Indian Paint Brush (natural size) [rest of caption unreadable, possibly Castilleja pruinosa]
Arctic Gentian (natural size) [unreadable] Pikes Peak
Alpine Primrose [rest of caption unreadable]