The Sunday Oregonian., June 10, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Page 4, Image 62

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 10, 1917.
MANY FLOWERING PLANTS FOUND ON COLUMBIA HIGHWAY
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Twenty-Eight Specimens of the More Prominent of Oregon's Extensive Wild Flora Are Here Illustrated and Described.
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BT ALBERT R. SWEETSER.
Department of Botany, University
Oregon.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Kugene,
June 9. (Special.) The nature
lover of .Portland and vicinity Is
to be congratulated on the ease with
which he may come in touch with the
really wild forms of plant and animal
life In the delightful Macleay Park or
along: the wonderful Columbia High
way. There has been some talk 'of
planting seeds of Oregon plants not
now represented, but in the writer's
opinion it would be far better to con
serve and p.'Otect and perhaps increase
the natural flora as it now occurs and
interfere as little as possible with the
primitive wildness.
As one speeds along , this Highway
today he receives a persistent impres
sion of the dogwood. Cornus nuttallii
(Fig. 1). , The common name is a word
of uncertain origin and is applied not
only to this genus, but to a large num
ber of different trees and shrubs
throughout the country. What appears
to be a single flower with large white
petals is really a collection of small,
inconspicuous blossoms, surrounded by
these. white modified leaves or bracts.
Ever and ai.on one catches glimpses
of a tall shrub with more or less
pyramidal clusters of small flowers,
the red-berried Elder, Sambucus
arborescens (Fig. 2).
From the tops of the highest hills
and reaching down to the road the
predominant tree Is .the- characteristic
Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga mucronats.
also called the
lllg. S).
Mingled with these occasionally one
finds another typical evergreen, the
Pacific red cedar. Thuja plicata (Fig.
4). In the moist soil, now running and
rooting, now rising Into the air, is
the abundant vine maple, acer circlna
tum (Fig. 6). '
On the banks which slope down to or
away from the highway, are numerous
herbaceous plants, some attracting the
attention of the rider, others only
noticed by the pedestrian or flower
searcher. Amongst the former is the
false Solomon's seal Vagnera race
mosa,. (Fig. 6), with, its unbranched
stem and two rows of large leaves
with parallel veins and terminal bunch
of small white flowers. We have no
true Solomon's seal in this region, but
if we pull up the root-like underground
stem of our species we will find it
marked with the scars of former stems
resembling the Impressions made by
an old-fashioned seal With this oc
curs another species smaller and more
delicate and having only a few flowers.
Vagnera stellata (Fig. 7).
Somewhat resembling these but with
branched stem and a few large bell
shaped flowers. Is the fairy, bells.
Prosartes menzlesil (Fig. 8).
In this same ' company Is another
curious plant, the var.illa leaf, Achlys
triphylla Fig. ). It Is a foot or so
high and Its single leaf, composed of
three leaflets and- Its fcpike of delicate
flowers, all Spring from the root. Its
common name comes from the fact
that the leaves when dried give off a
strong odor of vanilla, due to the pres
ence of a small quantity of coumarin. a
constituent of cheap vanilla. Its scien
tific name is from the (Jreek for mist,
referring .to ,the delicate flowers.. One
would hardly place It in the same
family with the Oregoi,grape, but this
is where it belongs.
The delicate little star flower (tri
entalls latlfolla) (Fig. 10) also hob
nobs with these aristocratic neighbors,
while here and there the haughty col
umbine (aquilegla formosa) I Fig. 11)
flashes Its red. tempting us to pick It.
Its common name is from the supposed
appearance as of several doves (Latin,
columba), with beaks together, and its
scientific from aquila or eagle because
of the resemblance to eagles' spurs.
Here also may be found the beautiful
wind flower (anemone deltoldea ) (Fig.
12). the wold bleeding heart (Fig 13)
and the low saxifrage (saxifraga bron
chialls) (Fig 14). with its small white
flowers and thickly crowded, fleshy
leaves. Here and there patches of deep
blue reveal the beautiful larkspur lor
delphinium) (Fig. 15).
The strange fringe cup (tellimagran
diflora) (Fig. 16) has the calyx , in
form of green cups, while the incon
spicuous corolla is made up of fringe
like petals.
The tall, slender meadow rue (Thal
ictrum occidentale) (Fig. 17) loves the
wet ground. The sexes are distinct,
flowers with stamens and those with
pistils being found on separate plants.
It has sepals, but no petals.
Everywhere Intruding Itself into the
landscape is the lupin, with its leaves
with fingerlike leaflets and Its pea
shaped flowers, white or rusty or blue
(Fig. 18).
, flower we, rnust not omit is the
tic: :e inll;i.-.a (Fig. 19), no more
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flowers: the other, montla perfoliate.
(Fig. 26), has narrower root leaves,
while those on the stem have their
bases so grown together as to appear
pierced by the stem, whence the name
perfollata, through the leaf.
Along the trails the wild ginger
(alarum caudatum) (Fig. 27) may be
found hiding beneath its evergreen
leaves, and the mountain oxalla (oxalls
oregana) (Fig. 28).
. Here our directory ends., but there
are many more really belonging to the
four hundred which must be passed by
for the time being. The most of these
may be seen In their natural colors,
if so desired, in the delivery-room of
the Portland Public Library.
The herbarium of the university will
gladly name any of the wild flowers,
if sent directed to the Herbarium. Uni
versity of Oregon. KuE-ene.
MUNITION MEN FOR ARMY
England Shirts Workers, to
500.000 for Trenches.
Gain
with
than eight or ten Inches high
small blue and white flowers. -
If we enter the narrow canyons we
shall find the sweet coltsfoot peta
sites palmata) (Fig. 20). Its flowers
are mostly passed, but Its large leaf,
green above and cottrfny white below,
arrests attention.
On the moist cliffs are the valerian,
with Its pink flowers (Fig.1 21); the
romanxoffla (Fig. 22). a slender plant
with white, flowers and few fleshy
leaves, and the cliff bird's bill or shoot
ing star (dodecatheon dentatum) (Fig.
23). and the rock saxifrage (saxlfraga
oregana) (Fig. 24).
In damp and shaded portions are two
forms of miner's lettuce and good for
Ealad or greens. One, montia siberlca,
(Fig, 25). has spoon-shaped, succulent
leaves fry.-n the root and white to pink
IjONDON. May 30. (Correspondence
.!of the Associated Press.) In order fully
"J . ... . ...
to meet tne pressing n eru o me
for 500.000 men between now and July
next, recently announced by Ueneral Sir
William Robertson, a large number of
munition workers are to. be set .free for
general military service. The process
of release began May 1. and it is Intend
ed that the men released shall be called
up as far as possible In age groups,
beginning with the younger men. All
men whose service is found to be indis
pensable for the output of munitions
will be protected.
Similarly all skilled and other essen
tial men engaged on shipbuilding, ship
repair and marine engineering will for
the present be protected from recruit
ing. The War Cabinet has approved a new
plan submitted by the director-general
of national service for obtaining from
the lens essential industries a sufficient
number of suitable substitutes for men
who must be released for military pur
poses from the more essential Indus
tries. Committees of employers and em
ployes in the various trades affected are
being formed for the purpose of arrang
ing what men shall be released from
their respective trades, and to arrange
for their transfer to the essential
trades.
The main feature of the plan is that
It places upon those concerned In the
trade Itself the responsibility of finding
the men required with the least possi
ble injury to the trade or hardship to
the men. "
GUADALUPE HISTORIC TOWN
Streets of Mexican City Are Laid
Out In Form of Cross.
GAUDALUPE. Mexico. May 30. Laid
out in the form of a cross with the two
main streets "forming the- cross arm
and upright, this old town has been
the scene of many historic meetings
during the past six years.
"In the presidente's" house. Fran
cisco I. Madero established his first
provisional government in 1911 and
held his first cabinet conferences there.
Later Jose Vnex .A. Salazar made
Guadalupe his headquarters for his
revolutionary attacks upon, the Ma
dero forces in 1912. Many other mili
tary movements have had their bases
here and now Villa has announced his
intention of establishing his provi
sional revolutionary capital here.
Tail to Wolf's Comet Found.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. May 30. A tall
to Wolf's comet, six minutes in length,
has been discovered by Professor Edi
son Petit, director of Washburn Col
lege observatory, Topeka. Kan., accord
ing to advices received at Harvard
Collos'i-"oVservatory' today: The cornet
was observed on the evening of April
30. and the angle of the tall from the
nucleus was 266 degrees. The nucleus
fairly well defined.
BODY CAUSE OF QUARREL
Coroner Asesrts Right to Designate
Undertaker.
Pl'EBI-iO. Colo.. May 31. The right
of the county coroner to designate the
undertaker to care for a body coming
under his supervision Is to be tested
In this county. A dispute originated
when the United Undertaking Com
pany took the body of Vasca Vadelra
from St. Mary's Hospital at the 'request
of the dead man's friends, after Dr.
Ray Taylor, county coroner, had .or
dered It removed to the morgue of an
other company.
Taylor claims he has the right to
designate the morgue to which the
body shall be taken, and has demand
ed that It be turned over to him. The
United company claims the coroner has
no right to designate the undertaking
company which shall have charge of
the body, and announces it will try to
retain the corpse.
The matter will be thrashed out in
the courts, as the coroner has stated
he will take legal proceedings to se
cure the body.
Government to Sell Kaffir Beer.
CAETOWN, May 31. In an effort
to solve the troublesome native drink
problem, the South African government
has decided to take over the production
and sale of all kaffir beer, as the drink
consumed by the natives is popularly
Called. . . -