Delphinium depauperatum Nuttall   The brilliant color of slim larkspurs in mountain meadows filled  us with delight, and when they were in company with Alberta paint-  brush, bur-forget-me-not, and heliotrope valerian, all in full bloom,  we were able to appreciate the full beauty of natures garden. In some  places slim larkspur occurred in pure stands so that the meadows  were blue with them. They are poisonous to cattle, which eat the  young shoots in early spring, and the districts where they grow can-  not be used for pasture. The name Delphinium was given to this genus  of plants from a fancied resemblance of the flower to a dolphin. The  larkspurs belong to the Buttercup Family.   Slim larkspur ranges from Montana to California and Oregon and  northward to Alberta.   The plants sketched were obtained near Wild Flower Camp,  twenty-five miles by trail from Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude  of 6,000 feet.

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