Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Asa] Gray
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Transcription
[2]half dozen of new species for that generous [illegible] ing wh you propose Did I tell you that our wee primula grows upon the Hoffman Range a few miles west of Mt Hoffman & also on the E slope of the Sierra, between Mts Lyell & Ritter? Here are a few plants wh I wish you would name for me, Our winter is very glorious. January was a block of Solid [illegible]gold not of the thin frosty kind but of a quality that called forth butterflies & tingled the fern coils & filled the moorstide with a dreamy hum of insect wings On the 15th of Jan I found our big Phacelia in full [3]bloom on the N side the valley about 1000 feet above the bottom or 5000 above the sea. Also at the same sunny nook several bushes of [:Arctoslaphylos glanea?] were in full flower, & many other plants were swelling their buds & breathing fragrance showing that they were full of the thoughts & intentions of Spring This month up to present date has been profusely filled with snow About ten feet has fallen on the bottom of the Valley since the 30th of Jan Your [ Prunulas?] on Clouds Rest must be covered to a dept of at least 12 or 15 feet I wish you could see our pines in full bloom of soft snow, or waving in Storm
Location
Yosemite Valley
Date Original
1873 Feb 22
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1065-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1065
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Gray Herbarium Archives, Harvard University. 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 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
