Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
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Transcription
Martinez, June 7, 1898.My dear Prof. Sargent.Yesterday I returned from a weeks trip to Shasta & the Scott Mountains for magnifica flowers but am again in bad luck. I searched the woods wallowing through the snow nearly to the upper limit of the fir belt but saw no flowers or buds that promised any except on a few trees. I cut down six on Shasta & two on Scott Mtns nest of Sissons. On one of the Shasta trees I found the staminate flrs just emerging from the scales but not a single pistillate flr. I send the staminate though hardly worth while. Last years crop of cones was nearly all frost killed & most of the leaf buds also so there is little chance for flrs thereabouts this year.Sonne writes that the Truckee Lumber Co. is to begin cutting magnifica in the Washoe Range 10 miles East of Truckee on the 8th or 10th of this month & he promises to be promptly on hand among the fresh felled trees to get
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Jun 7
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir10_0185-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0185
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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
