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] Oakland Nov 25th 1873Prof Gray, Dear friend Your report upon the plants sent from the head of the North Fork of the San Joaquin was duly received Here are a few specimens collected by Dr Kellogg & myself in a long excursion southward about the heads of the Middle & South Forks of the San Joaquin & of the Kings & Kern Rivers. The season was too far advanced for much to be done in botany yet we met many plants new to us & I made raids among the high fountains of these rivers wh resulted in the discovery of many glaciers & Yosemite Canons. We found a new pine, perhaps [aristata?] growing abundantly on both sides of the Sierra at an elevation of from 9 to 11,000 ft on all the mountains about the head of the South Fork of Kings & Kern Rivers. In sheltered localities it grows straight as an arrow with a round smooth delicately tapered hole, & with long upcurving branches, some branches are reached out exceptionally long for the bearing of the cones after the manner of the sugar pine, this producing a great variety of picture[illegible] forms. In old age the branches become lean
Location
Oakland, [Calif]
Date Original
1873 Nov 25
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir02_1231-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 1231
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
