An Afterglow
LOWELL OBSERVATORY
FLAGSTAFF
Chronicle of the Flowers continued.—
| May | 7 | First low wild vetch in flower pink-purple. |
| May„ | 8–9 | Social tall yellow flower woolly leaves, first opens its eyes. |
| May„ | 9 | First dime daisy, the one that buds red and rises about three inches from the ground. |
| May„ | 9„ | First yellow lupin (over on Clark's Top) |
| May„ | 9„ | The dime daisy was by the sumach patch near Wolf Canon. |
| May„ | 9„ | Oaks, the most advanced just breaking into leaf and flower. Right east of the study window was the first. |
| May„ | 10 | First very small yellow flower leaves at right angles in opposite pairs. First Indian paint-brush bud |
As Mr. Lampland and I continued our walk this morning we suddenly, within a foot, came upon a huge snake which at first we doubted to be a rattler. He coiled and hissed. We killed him with stones and brought him home still moving. He measured five feet two inches and is now in a large jar, as sarcophagus, for preservation. He was, we think, a bull-snake. He was lying nearly at length on the mesa just this side of the sumach patch above Wolf Ravine.
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