Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Asa] Gray
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Transcription
FOR REFERENCE USE ONLY Reproduced from the original in The Yale University Library Permission necessary for reproduction or publication [Muir, John] Yosemite Valley Sep 10th 1873Dear Gray, Yours of Aug 4th recd. Thank you Our High Sierra Aquilegia [drawing] is usually pale rose or bluish purple in color changing to dull cream, yellow when dying, quite variable. The flowers are very delicate in texture & in color – almost transparent. Carulea is far too blue a name – chrysantha to yellow. Have you heard from the wee botrychinum you sent to Eaton. We found it on the head of the Merced R at elevation of 8,000. the dwarf & giant growing nearly together. On my way to the glaciers at the head of the San Joaquin. I was wildly delighted on meeting a big Anemone about the size of our dear Wisconsin & [illegible] with heads of silky achenia 1 ½ inches dia’. The withered [illegible] showed that the [flrs?]
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1873 Sep 10
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1179-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1179
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives. 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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
