Transcriber’s note:
Reading edition
In the original publication, page 190 in the list of illustrations appeared before page 154. This has been changed.
The following changes were made: p. 156 Hoffman and Cathderal Park to Cathedral p. 166 only curly currus wisps scarce to cirrus p. 171 most of their acomplishments to accomplishments p. 267 Adenostema fasciculata to Adenostoma throughout text: chamœbatia to chamæbatia
Inconsistent hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the text for the following:
foothills and foot-hills goldenrod and golden-rod rootstocks and root-stocks thunderstorm and thunder-storm gristmill and grist-mill lifelong and life-long overleaning and over-leaning snowstorm and snow-storm