Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[John] Strentzel
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[3]The fir I send you is remarkably like the Sierra [underlined: Grandis], but much smaller, seldom attaining a greater height than fifty feet. In going East from the Sierra it was first met on the Hot Creek Range & afterwards on all the higher rangers thus far. It also occurs on the Wasatch & Oquirrh mountains. Of the two pines, that with the larger cones is called “Ulule Pine” by the Lettlers. It was first met on Carys Peak west of Walker Lake & afterwards on all the mountains thus far that reached an elevation of 10,000 feet or more. This I have no doubt is the species so rare on the Sierra & which I found on the Eastern slope opposite the head of O[illegible] Valley. Two years ago I saw it on the Wasatch above Salt Lake. I mean to send specimens to Gray & Hooker as they doubtless observed it on the Rocky Mountains. The other species is the [underlined: Aristata] of the Southern portion of the Sierra above the Kern & Kings rivers. Is but little known though exceedingly interesting. First met on the Hot Creek Range & more abundantly
Location
Ward, Nevada
Date Original
1878 Sep 28
Source
Original letter dimensions: 31 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir03_0926-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 03, Image 0926
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
