Scotch broom at Centennial ParkYoung columbine in the backyardDroppings of the Japanese SnowbellLabrador violet in the backyardSmooth Cat’s Ear peeking throughJapanese pieris in the parking lotBright leaves of the bigleaf mapleLarge bindweeds along the tracksSpotty leaves of the bigleaf maple (1 of 2)Spotty leaves of the bigleaf maple (2 of 2)Western red cedar by the railBehind the Tansy at Al BorlinTumbleweed in EllensburgRhododendron near Interurban Trail- I use PictureThis when identifying plants.
- But since I designed to employ my whole life in the search after so necessary a Science, and since I had fallen in with a path which seems to me such, that if any one follow it he must inevitably reach the end desired, unless he be hindered either by the shortness of life or the want of experiments, I judged that there could be no more effectual provision against these two impediments than if I were faithfully to communicate to the public all the little I might myself have found, and incite men of superior genius to strive to proceed farther, by contributing, each according to his inclination and ability, to the experiments which it would be necessary to make, and also by informing the public of all they might discover, so that, by the last beginning where those before them had left off, and thus connecting the lives and labours of many, we might collectively proceed much farther than each by himself could do.