For detail as to the Common Bates Hole County write to Bones Ernest Ferris, Ky. He is in this county since 1860 and is now about 60 years old. Knight regards him reliable. In the gulches along the inner side of the rim grow beautifully some Alpine Red Spruce (Picea douglasii) just 60 feet tall an 2ft thick. A pine is also abundant, Pinus murrayana. The common "sage brush" is Artemisia tridentata. The cotton woods we saw in the Grand Canyon County are Populus angustifolia, P. angustifolia. Both are used in Laramie as shade trees. The common Junipers we saw or most in the Canm county is Juniperus communis alpina & J. virginia. The red berried little bush amongst the sage brush in the gulch here is Chus trilobata. The quaking aspen we saw at Littleton is Populus tremuloides and the willow Salix nastriata. Along the small streams alder is common (Alnus incana virescens) and the mountain birch (Betula glandulosa). Grease Wood Cotocactus. In the afternoon went west along the rim