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Growing in profusion in the Ashland
loop area are these curious low pink
and white flowers called pink paint
brush or "owl eyes." Masses of the
brilliant scarlet Indian paintbrush
were also seen by those on Sunday's
field trip.
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Jackson County Chamber of Commerce closed its first course in wildflower
udy with a series of three field trips, the last of these taking place last
Sunday. A group of about 30 'took the trip into the Mt. Ashland region
nd among the exciting finds were a few of the rather rare white Lily
Vashingtonianum. Said to have been first discovered by the botanist who
ccompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition, the lily was named for Lady
Washington. It is the only pure white native lily of this region.
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Common throughout the western states is
this bright yellow native sunflower with
brown center which blooms in spring in
the valleys and later in the year in the
higher elevations.
On the expedition Sunday were I. T. Skyrman (at left) and
R. D. Kay, both Central Point, and their wives. The 10 cars halted
at mid-afternoon at the intersection indicated above, and some
returned to the valley while others drove to the lookout on
Dutchman's peak. Mr. Skyrman snipped a bit of dwarf sage
from a plant at his feet while waiting for the photographer to
adjust his camera. The gray-green sage is one of the common
' plants of the area.
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Leader of the last two field trips made by the class has been Delmar Smith,
Central Point, amateur botanist and gardener. Mr. Smith is pictured with Mrs.
Smith as the two examine a bit of mountain mahogany, a shrub which grows
in abundance in the higher, arid sections of southern Oregon. The shrub hat
small, glossy leaves and the wood is exceedingly hard. Mr. Smith led the class
members to a patch of the rare yellow-orange Wigginsii lily, named for Pro
fessor Wiggins of the University of California and later in the day found a patch
of the dark blue native delphinium. These sometimes grow six feet in height.
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Mrs. R. D. Kay (with book) and Mrs. I. T. Skyrman took advantage of one
of the expedition's stops to attempt identification of some of the specimen's
taken on the trip. Almost every car of class members had a book on western
wildflowers and these were consulted constantly during the day. Among
the flowers gathered and identified were scarlet gillia) yellow monkey
flower, the rather rare rein orchis with its tiny, fragrant white flowers on a
spike, several types of lupine and brilliant blue penstemon.
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A good conservationist and wildflower lover does not dig rare specimens which he may not be able to transplant successfully,
but takes only those which grow in such profusion that they are in no danger of extinction, and then digs them in a spot which
will not be noticeable to motorists or others passing the same way. Here Miss Helen Webster (at left) and Miss Cora Mason,
Ashland, examine a clump of pyrethrum, a pinkish-lavender daisy which grows in great abundance on the slopes of the Mt.
Ashland area, trying to decide if it could be transplanted successfully at this time. Like domesticated plants, some wildflowers
may be dug and transplanted while in bloom, others when small and some later in the growing .cycle.
The Ashland Loop trip is one of the most beautiful and rewarding which a motorist of south
ern Oregon can take, in the opinion of many residents. Later the wildflowers will not be in
blossom, but the view from the peaks, such as this looking south from Dutchman lookout, is
magnificent. In places Mr. Shasta is plainly visible on a clear day; from Dutchman a breath
taking view of the mountains in the Crater lake area and those in the vicinity of the Oregon
caves in Josephine county can be seen as well as the ranges in northern California. t
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