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May 28, 1932

Bad day terrific wind & dust storms. We made a big circut thru Hamilton-Railroad creek & back to Ely. The Ford Delux delivery proved itself a terror. Sam in the back almost smothered dust would not exchange places with me. I will not recommend the purchase of this type of car again.

Coyote sign scarce. We were out of the car many times & saw only two tracks. Birds also scarce or else they had sense enough to seek shelter from the wind.
Wild flowers excessively beautiful. A [[underlined]] Penstemon [[/underlined]] of a virulent purple was very showy. This is a P. glaber type of color & flower form of P. azureus.  Also a small one of [[underlined]] P. glaber [[/underlined]] type. Found a dwarf barrel cactus growing by preference on sandstone outcroppings with showy red flowers & took several photos.

A showy little clear primrose yellow crucifer of [[underlined]] Lesquerella [[/underlined]] type was very attractive. Numerous species of [[underlined]] astragalus oxytropis [[/underlined]] etc were in full bloom. [[underlined]] Eriogonum saxatile [[/underlined]] present & in bud. E [[underlined]] ovalifolium [[/underlined]] very showy in red & yellow phases & a ball headed showy one present. [[underlined]] E. umbellatum [[/underlined]] present & in bud.

On sandstone a [[underlined]] Phlox longifolia [[/underlined]] very showy with pink to white flowers - very narrow petals and [[underlined]] P. rigida pure [[/underlined]] snowy white & very full faced flower displayed a profusion of bloom which for perfection of detail I have never seen surpassed.

A tiny [[underlined]] Scutellaria [[/underlined]]  with showy big blue flowers, [[underlined]] Lewisia rediviva [[/underlined]] with simply enormous flowers a dwarf [[underlined]] Mertensia. Collinsia [[/underlined]], tiny  [[underlined]] [[?]] [[?]] Lewisii, Purshia tridentata, [[/underlined]] a fat leaved sage - etc completed the major part of the picture. Saw a few Englelmanns spruce in the high summit south of Hamilton.

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plant name confirmed with online searches