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slopes, but in general the country is Transition to Thorpe & beyond. At [[underline]] Lester  [[/underline]] (1600 feet) the snow began to show on slopes above and at about 2400 feet we struck into fresh snow, which became 3 or 4 inches deep as we reached the summit a little higher, but stops at Easton.

Transition zone seems to run to the summit on warm slopes, with hemlock, Abies loweana, and cedars. On cold slopes over the summit Canadian zone is marked by Pinus murryana & Populus tremutoides down as far as [[underline]] Easton [[/underline]], when Pinus ponderosa & cedars begin on at least the warm slopes (2100 feet) Rain & snow & clouds & fog & dirty windows prevented any good observations along the road over the mts.

At [[underline]] Cleeulm [[/underline]] ^[[insertion]]
 (1900 feet) [[/insertion]] Populus tremuloides continues along the river bottoms but Pinus ponderosa is abundant and a little Kunzia is seen. Below the country soon opens out and the timber is restricted to gulches & hillsides

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At [[underline]] Ellensburg [[/underline]] (1500 feet) there are a few scattered Pinus ponderosa along the river bottoms, also a few thickets of Aspens. Cottonwoods are abundant & seem to be P. balsamifera. Artemisia tridentata becomes common & Kunzia is seen along rocky places & on bottoms. The hills are big & bare of timber. It is a question whether to call it Upper Sonoran or Transition, but I should compromise on Transition until better data is to be had.

Continued down the Valley between lava ridges to North Yakima at 1100 feet.

At North Yakima the alfalfa is still green & leaves are green on apple trees & some of the apples have not been gathered. 
The country is marked by mostly united species of plants but seems to be Upper Sonoran zone. Artemisia tridentata Bigelovia canescens & tortifolia & Kunzia are abundant, with some Tetradymia and along the bottoms patches of [[underline]] Opuntia [[/underline]]  

Transcription Notes:
Pinus murryana = Pinus murrayana Cleeulm = Cle elum, Washington updated Abis to Abies, and tremutoides to be spelled as written -@meg_shuler